Les problèmes linguistiques de Quentowic
Hubert Le Bourdellès
H. le Bourdellès, Linguistic problems about Quentowic. The site of Quentowic, a famous Merovingian and Carolingian harbour, is still to be found on the Southern bank river Canche. We want archaeological investigations. Yet, contemporary texts, coins issued from mint here, give some informations. Is it possible get anything new linguistic research ? former name place was Vicus, apparently denominating Gallo-roman borough. Germanic settlement caused retained with form : Wic. Wic never disappeared as name, preserved, slightly changed into Wis, in vernacular Romanic language. But, soon, compound coined, by means which assimilated such other trade-places London-wic or Schleswig, whence Quantowic Quentowic French Quantawic Quentawic English texts. This vanished decay harbour mint. In later time, we are able trace Wis century another, far nowadays, finding word an uninterrupted series documents. may assert Visemarest (Vis marshes) hamlet Canche, onomastic relic this long story.
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