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There are two theories about the origin of Doxtator. Either it comes from the German 'Dachstatter /Dachstetter', or from Iroquaian 'ODatsheckta'. See http://www.angelfire.com/on3/oneida/page5b.html for details.
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The German Equivalent of a township or small community is a Staadt. The first Doxtater was from a small community outside Nuremberg called Dach
This was pre Webster spelling. So the man from Dach. Dach staadter. Became Doxtater and a few other spellings as well
Cannot verify if true but sounds logical
This was pre Webster spelling. So the man from Dach. Dach staadter. Became Doxtater and a few other spellings as well
Cannot verify if true but sounds logical
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Not sure, but for what it's worth, I know in Scandinavia they still use an ending -ditter or -datter, that means 'daughter of' ...perhaps a cognitive of the -tator ending in German.
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If Sean is correct about the ending -tator, the name might mean "Daughter of a Doxie".
Doxies are sprites that look like Pixies. I think in some Celtic stories, they are horse-like in shape and can change shape into strange humans with horse-ears, but I may be confusing them with Nixies or Kelpies.
On the other hand, the name could be from the same root as the Old English word "Dohter", meaning daughter. Often times surnames pick up strange elaborations over the years, so it can be hard to tell.
Doxies are sprites that look like Pixies. I think in some Celtic stories, they are horse-like in shape and can change shape into strange humans with horse-ears, but I may be confusing them with Nixies or Kelpies.
On the other hand, the name could be from the same root as the Old English word "Dohter", meaning daughter. Often times surnames pick up strange elaborations over the years, so it can be hard to tell.
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I don't understand. The first Doxtator is a historic person, we know he was a '(semi-)native' American Indian living in New York in the early 18th century. Or do you think it's a made-up story then, on the page I linked to? It is not often that we know so much about the first person EVER to have a name as we do in this case.
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PS I don't mean its not worth it to try and find a different origin, only that you're going about it the wrong way in this case. It's not much use to find combinations of gaelic words or whatever, no matter how much they resemble 'doxtator', because the first Doxtator is most unlikely ever to have heard of them. Instead it's enough to show there was even a single person living in the area at the time with a name that SOUNDS like doxtator (Nobody says he actually knew ODatsheckta!).
Kind Regards :)
Kind Regards :)
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