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Subject: Re: Spyksma
Author: Menke   (guest, 62.51.26.69)
Date: June 30, 2009 at 6:17:08 AM
Reply to: Re: Spyksma by ADT
Hey there. Spyksma is indeed Frisian, but it doesn't mean "Spyk's man". The common Frisian suffix -ma often means "the farm of...", where the dots are filled in with what precedes the suffix, i.c. Spyk. I can't tell with certainty though that Spyk is actually a first name, because it doesn't necessarily have to be one. I'll try to see if I can find something about it.

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