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ArchivesRe: Buethe, Tricamo, Sclafani, Kemler
in reply to a message by Bob
From Oxford University Press "American Family Name Origins"
Sclafani
Italian (Sicily): habitational name from a place so called in the Palermo region, probably from Latin scaphula ‘little boat’, ‘skiff’.
Kemler
Altered spelling of German Kemmler or Kämmler, occupational name for a comb maker or a wool comber, from Middle High German kamb(e) ‘comb’ + the agent suffix -(l)er.
Combing of wool is done after shearing the wool off the sheep.
Sclafani
Italian (Sicily): habitational name from a place so called in the Palermo region, probably from Latin scaphula ‘little boat’, ‘skiff’.
Kemler
Altered spelling of German Kemmler or Kämmler, occupational name for a comb maker or a wool comber, from Middle High German kamb(e) ‘comb’ + the agent suffix -(l)er.
Combing of wool is done after shearing the wool off the sheep.
This message was edited 9/2/2007, 2:11 AM
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Buethe may be an old spelling of buette (bütte), meaning "tub, vat". It could then be a metonymic for a maker of such vessels. Büttner is a German surname from that occupation.
Tricamo looks like a place name, though I can't find anywhere of that name.
Tricamo looks like a place name, though I can't find anywhere of that name.
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