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Help[Surname] Re: Shikhel'
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
There are the German surnames Schiechel and Schiechl, both derived from the word Schuh "shoe" with diminutive ending -l and unrounding of the resulting ü. Besides German, it can also be of Yiddish origin.
See also (in German): Schmuck, Mirjam, Schiechel, in: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands,
URL: < http://www.namenforschung.net/id/name/48225/1 >
See also (in German): Schmuck, Mirjam, Schiechel, in: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands,
URL: < http://www.namenforschung.net/id/name/48225/1 >
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It's probably a form of that, then.
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