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in reply to a message by GETB
The explanation given for the origin of Escher on the site you mention is totally absurd. Escher simply designates a person from one of the many places named Esch, Eschen or Escher. Likewise, Gleichmann is a person from Gleichen.
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There may be a little more to ESCHER and GLEICHMANN
Just like you, Marc, I cannot see any connection between ESCHER and LASHER. I don't see where the L should come from.
Still, there may be more to be said about the two surnames.
ESCHER:
- Habitional name from Middle High German esch(e), grain-field
- Someone from Esch(e/r)
- Occupational name from Middle High German escher, exhausted ashes, thus soap-boiler
GLEICHMANN:
- Nickname for a moderate or straight forward person or someone who seeks harmony
- Habitional name from plot names like "Auf der Gleiche" (On the Plain)
- From the placename Gleichen
Sources:
Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Duden Verlag Mannheim 2000
Grimms Deutsches Wörterbuch, "Gleiche"
http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/dwb/wbgui?lemmode=lemmasearch&mode=hierarchy&textsize=600&onlist=&word=gleiche&lemid=GG18013&query_start=1&totalhits=0&textword=&locpattern=&textpattern=&lemmapattern=&verspattern=#GG18013L0
Just like you, Marc, I cannot see any connection between ESCHER and LASHER. I don't see where the L should come from.
Still, there may be more to be said about the two surnames.
ESCHER:
- Habitional name from Middle High German esch(e), grain-field
- Someone from Esch(e/r)
- Occupational name from Middle High German escher, exhausted ashes, thus soap-boiler
GLEICHMANN:
- Nickname for a moderate or straight forward person or someone who seeks harmony
- Habitional name from plot names like "Auf der Gleiche" (On the Plain)
- From the placename Gleichen
Sources:
Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Duden Verlag Mannheim 2000
Grimms Deutsches Wörterbuch, "Gleiche"
http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/dwb/wbgui?lemmode=lemmasearch&mode=hierarchy&textsize=600&onlist=&word=gleiche&lemid=GG18013&query_start=1&totalhits=0&textword=&locpattern=&textpattern=&lemmapattern=&verspattern=#GG18013L0
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That leaves "Esch", "Eschen" and "Gleichen" as place names to have their meaning deciphered, but thanks for the correction (I had just guessed that the "L" might have indeed been part of the surname, many consonantes are lost as people interpret them, someone could easily have interpreted the "L" from "Lescher" as a "Le Escher" and decided it to be unncesary)
Thanks to both of you for your help...
Thanks to both of you for your help...
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