Message: "German surname BISSBORT"

German surname BISSBORT

by Andy ;—) (guest)

5/21/2009, 10:27 PM

Sometimes spelt Bissbort, sometimes Bißbort.
Any ideas?

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- Jim Young (guest) +2

6/7/2009, 11:43 AM

This website -
http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/v3/Default.aspx?lang=nodetect
associates Bissbort with Beisbart and Beibarth, and also mentions a place name Piesport.
Any help?

- Andy ;—) (guest)

6/11/2009, 11:26 AM

Thank you for the hint! I had already suspected, that the second element was BERATH. I am not sure about the BISS part. There is a stem BISS, Förstemann mentions it, but I have no copy of the pages in question. A connection with "bite" ("Biss" in German) would surprise me.

- Jim Young (guest)

6/7/2009, 11:45 AM

Beibarth should read Beisbarth.

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