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Re: surname BERGROTH
Sounds like a place-name to me: BERG (mountain) + ROTH (cleared woodland). So the surname would have referred to a dweller by a cleared woodland at a mountainside or something similar. ROTH may also mean "red" and be connected with a river or a rock or a castle (like in Rothenburg). And as BERG und BURG are related, there may be some confusion.
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Thanks Andy Re:Surname Bergroth.That is great information you have provided.Would you or anyone else know the origin of BERGROTH?German,Scandinavian?
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It could be Swedish tooBerg (mountain) is very popular in names here. "roth" could be the same as Swedish "rot" (root).There are many Swedish Berg-names: Berggren, Bergkvist, Bergman, Bergstrand, Bergström, Bergvall etc. But I don't know any Bergroth, so it could be German."You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Thanks Andy and Ylva,
All the information regarding the surname is very helpful indeed.
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If it IS Swedish, it's also possible that the meaning comes from berg = mountain and rot = root (pronounced the same, too). So it would in that case mean something like "(At/From the) Foot/Base of the Mountain"
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Looks very German to me
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