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Help[Facts] Re: Gonneke
in reply to a message by Too-Ticky
Educated guess here:
Gonneke looks like it belongs to the same "name family" as (feminine) Gonna, Gönke, Gontje, Göntje, Göntie, Gonnel and (masculine) Gonner, Gonke, Gonne, Gonn, etc. - all of which are East Frisian and North Frisian names derived from the element "gond" and ultimately from Old High German "gund", meaning "war".
Seeing as we are talking about a name here which is (presumably) used in the Netherlands, the Frisian variety you are looking for would be West Frisian (provided that it is a Frisian name in the first place); however, should this name really be of Frisian origin, I doubt that there would be any major differences regarding the meaning...
Gonneke looks like it belongs to the same "name family" as (feminine) Gonna, Gönke, Gontje, Göntje, Göntie, Gonnel and (masculine) Gonner, Gonke, Gonne, Gonn, etc. - all of which are East Frisian and North Frisian names derived from the element "gond" and ultimately from Old High German "gund", meaning "war".
Seeing as we are talking about a name here which is (presumably) used in the Netherlands, the Frisian variety you are looking for would be West Frisian (provided that it is a Frisian name in the first place); however, should this name really be of Frisian origin, I doubt that there would be any major differences regarding the meaning...
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