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Ezzil

English translation: man's first name

08:05 Apr 9, 2013
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German term or phrase: Ezzil
Der Ortsname geht wohl auf einen Ezzil zurück

This refers to the city of Esslingen - I have no idea what Ezzil means.

Thanks for your help.
mark4444
Local time: 02:30
English translation:man's first name
Explanation:
I suppose this is just a man's first name (presumably of the founder of the settlement). On a related note, this is not about the (bigger) city of Esslingen am Neckar but about another, very small Eßlingen, which is part of the town of Tuttlingen.

Compare
http://www.tuttlingen.de/52
"Eßlingen wurde im Jahre 1225 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Der Ortsname geht wohl auf einen Ezzil zurück. ..."

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eßlingen_(Tuttlingen)
"Eßlingen begegnet uns erstmals 1225 als Ezze Linga und 1275 als Ezzelingen in alten Urkunden. Der Ortsname leitet sich wohl von einem gewissen Ezzilo ab, der sich mit seinen Familienangehörigen und mit Unfreien im Laufe des frühen Mittelalters hier niederließ."
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Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 03:30
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4man's first name
Steffen Walter
4 +1"one Ezzil"
David Friemann, MA
Summary of reference entries provided
franglish
Attila
Rebecca Garber

Discussion entries: 3





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"one Ezzil"


Explanation:
I suspect it is the proper name of a person.

David Friemann, MA
Germany
Local time: 03:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eckhard Boehle
32 mins
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
man's first name


Explanation:
I suppose this is just a man's first name (presumably of the founder of the settlement). On a related note, this is not about the (bigger) city of Esslingen am Neckar but about another, very small Eßlingen, which is part of the town of Tuttlingen.

Compare
http://www.tuttlingen.de/52
"Eßlingen wurde im Jahre 1225 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Der Ortsname geht wohl auf einen Ezzil zurück. ..."

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eßlingen_(Tuttlingen)
"Eßlingen begegnet uns erstmals 1225 als Ezze Linga und 1275 als Ezzelingen in alten Urkunden. Der Ortsname leitet sich wohl von einem gewissen Ezzilo ab, der sich mit seinen Familienangehörigen und mit Unfreien im Laufe des frühen Mittelalters hier niederließ."

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 03:30
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 58
Grading comment
Thank you
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franglish: Well done!
21 mins
agree  Eckhard Boehle
23 mins
agree  writeaway: as the context clearly indicates (Der Ortsname geht wohl auf einen Ezzil zurück). A tiny bit of research confirms... (ps. love the new pic. si beau, si distingué)
35 mins
  -> Yep. / :-)
agree  mill2
57 mins
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Reference comments


23 mins
Reference

Reference information:
866
Bestätigung des Marktrechts von Hetsilinga durch König Ludwig dem Deutschen.
Erste urkundliche Nennung von Esslingen.

http://www.esslingen.de › es.themen › städtisch.es

franglish
Switzerland
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Steffen Walter: Yes but this is apparently not the Esslingen mentioned in the asker's context - see my answer. / I just googled for Eßlingen + Ezzil, and the sentence cited by the asker came up.
6 mins
  -> Mmh, it's the only Esslingen that popped up when I googled. I stand corrected. / May have to do with the spelling?
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5 hrs
Reference: Attila

Reference information:
The "Hunish" name Attila entered the German language in the 5th century, and then underent the various sound shifts, wherein, in particular to Attila:
a -> e
t -> th -> tz

Ezzil is not the scourge of Christendom in German literature, btw, but leads the most cosmopolitan and elegant of courts, according to the Dietrichepen and the Nibelungenlied.

Rebecca Garber
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
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