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Re: surname Tramer |
| Author: |
Andy ;—) (guest, 84.165.4.192) |
| Date: |
January 29, 2006 at 4:56:57 AM |
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surname Tramer by Andrew Rapp |
"Tram" is an old-fashioned word for "beam" in German. So a "Tramer" would have been a carpenter, although I can't find "Tramer" in any dictionary, neither in Grimm's Wörterbuch nor in my 1935 20-volume Brockhaus.
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- surname Tramer - Andrew Rapp Jan 28 2006, 1:19:21 AM
- Re: surname Tramer - Andy ;—) Jan 29 2006, 4:56:57 AM
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