Talk:Eburones
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[edit] Etymology
The etymology section looks spurious ideed:
- The etymology of Eburon is thought to be: eibe, eebe + bauer, boer(en)(=plural). "Eibe, eebe" = yew. "Bauer, boer" = farmer. So: yew farmers. Yew was (is) the best wood to make bows. The best yew is grown upon sandy soils, where growth is slow and the wood more fibrous. The Latin word for yew is taxus. The Romans called the region: Taxandria, later Toxandria (yew-land). The yew from the region had such a good reputation that the Gauls had a special word for it: eburo.
The Proto-Germanc name for the yew was actually *īwaz. Wouldn't *eburaz ("boar") be a more likely etymology for the Eburones?--Berig (talk) 16:01, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
