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ArchivesRe: A few very old surnames for you to decipher ;)
in reply to a message by Siras_Kelseyo
So I'll give a few of them a try:
Renz - this maybe German from a town on the island Rügen
Bernard - a (perhaps English) version of the German last name Bernhard (old German: pero = bear; hart = strong)
Lotharingia - medieval name of the french region Lorraine
Pfalzgrave - from the German word Pfalzgraf (= count palatine)
Welf - perhaps from the dynasty of the Welfs
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Renz - this maybe German from a town on the island Rügen
Bernard - a (perhaps English) version of the German last name Bernhard (old German: pero = bear; hart = strong)
Lotharingia - medieval name of the french region Lorraine
Pfalzgrave - from the German word Pfalzgraf (= count palatine)
Welf - perhaps from the dynasty of the Welfs
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