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Okay, I know this seems soon after, but I have to make up for lost time trying to login here.
Another interesting surname I've heard is Zuendel. I have no info about it at all whatsoever, so any info is welcome.
Thanks in advance!
Andrew
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Another interesting surname I've heard is Zuendel. I have no info about it at all whatsoever, so any info is welcome.
Thanks in advance!
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I think we had this before.
German (also Zündel): from a diminutive of Zunder, a metonymic occupational name for a seller of kindling wood, from Middle High German zunder ‘tinder’.
(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford)
I want to add, that "Zunder"in Germany usually means the material taken from the mushroom and not a kind of wood, so Zunder or Zu(e)ndel would have been a collector of such mushrooms. (This is what my books say; Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000)
German (also Zündel): from a diminutive of Zunder, a metonymic occupational name for a seller of kindling wood, from Middle High German zunder ‘tinder’.
(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford)
I want to add, that "Zunder"in Germany usually means the material taken from the mushroom and not a kind of wood, so Zunder or Zu(e)ndel would have been a collector of such mushrooms. (This is what my books say; Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000)
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Thanks, Andy! What you said makes a lot of sense, considering the family's culture. Thanks again!
Andrew
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"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
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This message was edited 3/30/2006, 1:28 PM
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