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From: deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: ON ASIA:
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In article <D9Dy24.788@news.cern.ch>, Pal Hidas <hidas@dxcern.cern.ch> wrote:
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>As far as I know the name Amerigo comes from the German(ic) Heinrich. 
>hein=?, rich=rik=king ?

hein <- heim (cognate with Eng. "home")
rich = reich (MHG r^ich) "realm, kingdom; rich"

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