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in reply to a message by Sagani
Where did you dig up the old German name DROGO? This is interesting, because I can't find it anywhere. All I can see is the name element DRAGO, which is Slavonic.
DREW, by the way, reminds me of anDREW, and in fact is a short form of it. But this wouldn't really match the "Le", would it?
DREW, by the way, reminds me of anDREW, and in fact is a short form of it. But this wouldn't really match the "Le", would it?
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I have cousins with 'Drago' as a last name and my research turn up 'Drago' as an Italian form of "dragon" (which fit their father's father's origin) ...related to the English last name 'Drake' ...
Any more information on its Slavonic origins? Possible sites?
Thanks!
Any more information on its Slavonic origins? Possible sites?
Thanks!
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I wonder if the german surname Droege or Droge (o with umlaut) could come from the old german Drogo.
Interesting question don't you think?
Interesting question don't you think?
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There seem to be different explanations to the German surname Dröge (Droege):
North German (Dröge): from Middle Low German droge ‘dry’, probably applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of dry ground.
(http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=droege&submit.x=0&submit.y=0)
My book on German surnames (Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000) says, it's from a byname "dürr" (meagre).
So "dry" would be the original meaningin both cases, and this seems to be the root of the word "drug" as well.
But once more my question: Where did you find, that DROGO was an old Germanic name? I've never come across it.
North German (Dröge): from Middle Low German droge ‘dry’, probably applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of dry ground.
(http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=droege&submit.x=0&submit.y=0)
My book on German surnames (Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000) says, it's from a byname "dürr" (meagre).
So "dry" would be the original meaningin both cases, and this seems to be the root of the word "drug" as well.
But once more my question: Where did you find, that DROGO was an old Germanic name? I've never come across it.
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