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in reply to a message by Thor R. Etzerodt
It looks German indeed, although I can't find it anywhere. It seems to have been a place-name, you can still find similar place-names in Germany like Etzenrot. The second element probably is ROD ("clearing" like "ley" in English), the first part may be the personal name Etzel > Atzel from Azzo, a short form of names starting with the element "adal" (noble). But there is also the Middle High German word "etze" meaning "pasture-ground".
So it could be "Azzo's clearing" or else "pasture clearing" - or maybe somthing else?
So it could be "Azzo's clearing" or else "pasture clearing" - or maybe somthing else?
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I have posted the title of a German surname dictionary by Bahlow a few minutes ago. Page 40 has a main entry for ATZEROTH, Atzrott: "aus Atzenrode/Hessen bzw. Atzerode/Thür. . . . Atz- ist hier nicht Pers.-Name, sondern altes Wasserwort . . ."
Reg Niles
Reg Niles
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From my translator site that I just posted, I got:
"from Atzenrode/Hessen and/or. Atzerode/Thuer. . . . Atz is not here Pers.Name, separate old water word. . ."
"from Atzenrode/Hessen and/or. Atzerode/Thuer. . . . Atz is not here Pers.Name, separate old water word. . ."
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Thanks, well some people in my family says it could mean goldsmith based on etze=ätzen and rodt=rot ei to cauterize in red. Red meaning gold. But I have a suspicion that explanation might be folk-etymology. Variants can be Atzerodt, Etzeroth, Etzenrodt and probably combinations of these variations. So I might be related to George Atzerodt, part of the Lincoln-conspiracy. I've seen people with either of these names in Holland, USA, Germany, South Africa and of-course Denmark(My family)
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