[Surname] Re: Laitinen (Finnish)
in reply to a message by Satu
My guess would have been that the surname Laitinen comes from Finnish laita, 'edge', but the book Sukunimet tells me that Laitinen has its roots in a Germanic given name. This name had the forms Laitha, Laitu, Lethu, Ledi and Leda in Old High German, and Ledhe and Lete in Old Swedish.
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Laitinen (Finnish)  ·  Satu  ·  6/6/2008, 12:09 PM
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