There are also the “Com-oni,” above Toulon, and Com-us, “Como,” to which the word is peculiarly appropriate. (Bullet.)
The People of Auvergne. Ar-vern-i, “On the Hills.” Veryn or Beryn is a Hill in Welsh. Thus “Cevn y Beryn,” is the name of a Hill in Montgomeryshire.
By Plutarch the Ar-vern-i are called Ar-ben-i. “This is a very interesting addition to our information. ‘Veryn’ and ‘Ben’ are both synonymes extant in Welsh for ‘a Hill.’ ”
We have the same words repeated in the following instances, joined with Um (Irish), Am (Welsh), “About.” (Compare the Greek Amphi.)
Um-benn i, “The People (living) about the Hills.” A Swiss Tribe.
Um-bran-ici (from Beryn or Bron, Welsh,) a name of the Helvii mountaineers to the South-east of the Cevennes.
In the following names, again, we have Pen or Ben, and Beryn or Bron, alone.
Ben-ones, a Mountain Tribe in Switzerland.
Breun-i, on the borders of Bavaria and the Tyrol.
Bern-enses, the people of Berne, in Switzerland, and also those of Bearne, in the South of France, adjoining the Pyrenees.