Ellanburg

== Old High German == === Alternative forms === Ellanpurc (Bavarian, Alemannic, 8th C. CE) Ellanpurk (8-9th C. CE) Ellianpurc (8th or 9th C. CE) Ellanpurch, Ellenpurc, Hellanpurh (9th C. CE) Ellinpurh (Bavarian), Ellinpurc (Alemannic, 9th or 10th C. CE) Elanpuruc, Ellenburc, Ellinburc (Alemannic) Ellenbruc, Ellenburch, Ellenburg (rare, Alemannic) Ellinbruc, Ellinburch, Ellinburg, Ellinpurg (rare, Alemannic) === Etymology === By surface analysis, ellan (“zeal”) +‎ burg (“fortification, city”), ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic *alljan +‎ *burg. === Proper noun === Ellanburg f a female given name ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: Ellinpurk, Ellinpurch (11th C.), Ellinpurc (11th or 12th C.) === References === Geuenich, Dieter, Ludwig, Uwe, editors (2019), “Lemmatisiertes Personennamenregister”, in Die St. Galler Verbrüderungsbücher (Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales et Necrologia, Nova series; IX) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 368: “a 162 alian~burg”