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Re: Wormuth |
Author: |
Andy ;---) (guest) |
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September 22, 2007 at 11:31 PM |
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Wormuth by Paul |
The Oxford Dictionary of Last Names esplains WORMUTH as a variant of Warmut, an old but very rare German personal name (not even listed in Seibicke's HDV!)
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=10&fn=&ln=Wormuth
The most likely translation of its first element seems to be "true" (German "wahr"). other possibiities are:
wara, "keep, pay attention"
warja, "defend"
warn, "warn"
- Wormuth - Paul Sep 21 2007, 9:08 AM
- Re: Wormuth - Andy ;---) Sep 22 2007, 11:31 PM