Justinov
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Since Lars Eller and Company are bringing Danish hockey to greatness in NHL I will write about what their names means since In old Scandinavian belief you are your name!
Lars is the Scandinavian version of Latin Laurentius.
It can mean either a person from Laurentum (maybe the original Latin town) or more likely being "crowned with laurels" - as the winners of the ancient Olympic games were.
So not bad to start with.
Eller is not a Danish name in origin, but German.
The name Eller (and the German variant Erle) means "Alder" (Danish Elletræ, German Erlen).
Possibly the name originally just meant "Berry-tree" more broadly.
The stem comes from proto-indo-european *El- meaning red/brown as the name of Danish "Elg", English "Elk" and also Danish-English "Elm" (another tree).
So maybe not a coincidence that he plays first for Rødovre (in red) and now for Montreal (in red).
Lars Eller's English name-equivalent would be "Lawrence Alder".
Lars is the Scandinavian version of Latin Laurentius.
It can mean either a person from Laurentum (maybe the original Latin town) or more likely being "crowned with laurels" - as the winners of the ancient Olympic games were.
So not bad to start with.
Eller is not a Danish name in origin, but German.
The name Eller (and the German variant Erle) means "Alder" (Danish Elletræ, German Erlen).
Possibly the name originally just meant "Berry-tree" more broadly.
The stem comes from proto-indo-european *El- meaning red/brown as the name of Danish "Elg", English "Elk" and also Danish-English "Elm" (another tree).
So maybe not a coincidence that he plays first for Rødovre (in red) and now for Montreal (in red).
Lars Eller's English name-equivalent would be "Lawrence Alder".
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