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Help[Facts] Re: Rosewen and Sentyabrina
in reply to a message by Ambiversion
-wen is a moderately common Germanic feminine name element with a sense of "desire, belief, hope". Ros- or Rosa- is a Frisian and High German form of Saxon/Nordic hros/hross (by metathesis Old English and Frisian hors), rare as a name element, but is recorded in names such as Roselm, Roscetel, Roschil and Rosalind/Roslyn. Rosewen is conceivable then as a Germanic name.
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