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Subject: Re: Nervik?
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 83.100.226.48)
Date: June 18, 2008 at 6:34:10 AM
Reply to: Nervik? by pianogurl2
Yes it's Norwegian and it looks like a place name, though I haven't identified a place called Nervik.
If you consult the list of Nordic surname components at
www.nordicnames.de
you'll find that NER = neder, i.e., "lower", and VIK means "bay".

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