Okay, so I was really curious about where the name “Canton of Bern” comes from. It’s just one of those things that pops into your head, you know?
First, I fired up my browser. I didn’t have any specific plan, so I started with a general search – just typed in “Canton of Bern name origin”. Pretty basic, right?
Digging Deeper
- I scrolled through a few initial search result, and I must say the result is not pretty informative, most of them are the website of travel guide.
- So I decided to go directly use the keywords “Bern name origin”.
- Then, I found some interesting forum and blog posts, some users have already asked the similar question like mine!
From the forum, I noticed someone mentioned a folk etymology about the name related to bears (Bären in German), which is a symbol of Bern. Sounded plausible! And the city’s name “Bern” might just be a shortened, evolved version of that.
Putting It All Together
So, after piecing together bits of information from the fourm, looks like “Canton of Bern” is just the administrative region (“Canton”) named after its capital city, Bern. And “Bern” itself? Seems like it all goes back to bears!
It’s not a super definitive answer with a single, solid source, but it’s a pretty neat story, and it makes sense. I’m calling it “good enough” for my curiosity!
