Hi,
From what a historian told me about his research on the place names here in North Germany, the recurring pattern is that their etymological explanation usually goes back to some locally reknown amateur scholar of the 19th century, who in the absence of reliable evidence typically based his explanation on educated speculation
Regards,
Henning
The name "Kocher" originates from its Celtic name "cochan" and probably means winding, meandering river."
From what a historian told me about his research on the place names here in North Germany, the recurring pattern is that their etymological explanation usually goes back to some locally reknown amateur scholar of the 19th century, who in the absence of reliable evidence typically based his explanation on educated speculation
Regards,
Henning