Simeon thought the computer into action; a few nanos later it came up with a probable derivation, from the languages other than Standard spoken among the first setders of Bethel, plus observa- tion of the refugees.
He suggests the "probable" derivation as from Drùdhadh meaning oozing.
However according to E. Ekwall (1936) and A. D. Mills (1991) the more probable derivation is from 'Ceolfrith's tun'.
MacGowan and Doyle are both common names, and their probable derivations are given in the narrative.
In fact, it is so casual as to suggest an anti-grown-up rebelliousness because of its probable derivation from the word groupie , and it is definitely more frequent in speech than in writing.
Tell Diban is identified with the ancient Aramean city of Rummunina, a probable derivation of the Aramaic word rumman ("pomegranate").
Others derive its name from tabi, which in Semitic languages means "good", and others from a native word taba, meaning "rock", which seems a probable derivation.
From the probable derivation of the word 'Lonari' (lona - salt) it is likely that the hereditary occupation of the caste was once preparing salt, and Lonaris following that occupying are still found in Belgaum district.
The probable derivation of the name is estate at the foot of a steep slope.
Allowing for inevitable usage corruptions, this seems correct since maps long named the Skokie marsh as Chewab Skokie, a probable derivation from Kitchi-wap choku, a Potawatomi term meaning "great marsh".