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Re: Cognates (Re: Dr...)
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Jim Young
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12/22/2004, 1:28 PM
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a message by Gianfranco E. Tubino Bryce
There was an old Germanic name DROGO, one of Charlemagne's sons bore this name. It is said to mean "ghost." In French it became Drieu, which gives us the English surname Drew.
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Drougge/Droga and Knaut/Kneut
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Caprice
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12/21/2004, 1:04 PM
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OK, thanks anyway. Nice of you!
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Caprice
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12/22/2004, 12:24 PM
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Re: Drougge/Droga and Knaut/Kneut
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Menke
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12/21/2004, 1:37 PM
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Knaut/Kneut
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Andy ;—)
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12/21/2004, 11:55 PM
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Cognates (Re: Dr...)
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Gianfranco E. Tubino Bryce
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12/21/2004, 1:32 PM
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Re: Cognates (Re: Dr...)
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Jim Young
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12/22/2004, 1:28 PM