Talk:Kelmis

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[edit] Calais/Kales <-> Calamine/Kelmis

These pairs of names seem too similar in both Dutch and French to be purely coincidental. They are both also somewhat near the French/Belgian border. I think they probably have the same ultimate etymological source. I'd like to learn more about this. Thecurran 17:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

This page: http://www.calais.ws/History.html suggests that "Calais" comes from the Calèteses or Cauchoiss tribes.

This page: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/be-wlgkm.html says that 'calamine' comes from the low latin calamina which seems to come from the Greek kadmeia, named after a zinc ore mine near Thebes.

Also, Kelmis isn't very near the French/Belgian border (in Belgian terms). (It is, however, near the Dutch/French language border.) --David Edgar 18:19, 23 August 2007 (UTC)