Racine toponymique *drum = ridge

Bonjour,

M'occupant de mettre en ligne en la rafraississant la page de Concavata / Drumburg, en Cumberland, je trouve une indication sur une racine *drum, que les auteurs renvoient à l'anglais ridge, pour lequel il est proposé, en français : dos, échine, crête, billon, faîte.

On doit donc y voir une notion de hauteur.

Voici une liste partielle de toponymes donnés par A.D Mills, Oxford Dictionary of British Place-names, p. 162-163. noms de lieux d'Irlande du Nord) :

Drommahane (Drom Athain) Cork. 'Ridge of the little ford'.
Dromod (Dromod) Leitrim. 'Ridge'.
Dromore (Droim Mor) Cork, Down, Tyrone, etc. 'Big ridge'.
Druim Fada (mountain ridge) Highland. 'Long ridge'. Gaelic druim + fada.
Drum (Droim) Monaghan. Driyme 1591. 'Ridge'.
Drumacrib (Droim Mhic Roïb) Monaghan. 'Mac Rob's ridge'.
Drumadrihid (Droim an Droichid) Clare. 'Ridge of the bridge'.
Drumahoe (Droim na hUamha) Derry. Dromhoghs 1622. 'Ridge of the cave'.
Drumakill (Droim na Coille) Monaghan. 'Ridge of the wood'.
Drumanee (Droim an Fhiaidh) Derry. 'Ridge of the deer'.
Drumanespic (Droim an Easpaig) Cavan. 'Ridge of the bishop'.
Drumaness (Droim an Easa) Down. Drumenessy c.1710. 'Ridge of the waterfall'.
Drumaney (Droim Eanaigh) Tyrone. 'Ridge of the bog'.
Drumannon (Droim Meannain) Armagh. 'Ridge of the kid'.
Drumantee (Dromainn Ti) Armagh. 'Ridge of the house'.
Drumaroad (Droim an Raid) Down. Ballydromerode 1635. 'Ridge of the route'.
Drumarraght (Droim Arracht) Fermanagh. 'Ridge of the apparition'.
Drumatober (Droim an Tobair) Galway. 'Ridge of the well'.
Drumbane (An Drom Ban) Tipperary. "The white ridge'.
Drumbeg (Drom Beag) Down. 'Little ridge'.
Drambo (Droim Bo') Down. (ab) Drommo B6 c.830. 'Ridge of cows'.
Drumboy (Drom Bui) Donegal. 'Yellow ridge'.
Drumbraghas (Droim Brughas) Cavan, Fermanagh. 'Ridge of the mansion'.
Drumcar (Droim Chora) Louth. 'Ridge of the weir'.
Drumcliff (Droim Cliabh) Sligo. 'Ridge of the baskets'.
Drumcollogher (Drom Collachair) Limerick. 'Ridge of the hazel wood'.
Drumcondra (Droim Conrach) Dublin, Meath. 'Ridge of the path'.
Drumconrath (Droim Conrach) Meath. 'Ridge of the path'.
Drumcose (Droim Cuas) Fermanagh. Drumcoose 1609. 'Ridge of hollows'.
Drumcree (Droim Cria) Westmeath. 'Ridge of the clay'.
Drumcroone (Droim Cruithean) Derry. Drim Crum 1813. 'Ridge of the Cruithin'. The tribal name is related to Briton.
Drumcullen (Droim Cuilinn) Offaly. 'Holly ridge'.
Drumdeevin (Droim Diomhaoin) Donegal. 'Idle ridge'.
Drumderaown (Droim 'ir dha Abhainn) Cork. 'Ridge between two rivers'.
Dramenny (Droim Eanaigh) Tyrone. Dromany 1615. 'Ridge of the marsh'.
Drumfad (Droim Fhada) Donegal, Down, Sligo, Tyrone. 'Long ridge'.
Drumfadda (Droim Fhada) Cork, Kerry. 'Long ridge'.
Drumfea (Droim Féich) Carlow. 'Ridge of the raven'.
Drumfln (Droim Fionn) Sligo. 'White ridge'.
Drumfree (Droim Frooigh) Donegal. Druim freigh 1620. 'Ridge of the heather'.
Drumgath (Droim gCath) Down. Drumgaa 1435. 'Ridge of battles'.
Drumgoose (Droim gCaas) Armagh, Monaghan, Tyrone. 'Ridge of the cave'.

etc.

La suite en cours de correction.

JC Even

Droim est toujours le mot pour dire "dos" en irlandais moderne, dans la langue normale. En Ecosse on dit druim.