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in reply to a message by Getb
http://surnames.behindthename.com/bb/sur/4312244
Result of a simple Google search:
http://lastnames.myheritage.nl/last-name/Sprengel
The meaning of the name Sprengel:
1. habitational name from a place so called, north of Soltau.
2. hence a nickname for a lively, athletic person, from Middle Low German sprengel ‘grasshopper’.
3. from Middle High German sprengel ‘aspergill’, ‘sprinkler for holy water’; of uncertain application.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Mar 2003
Result of a simple Google search:
http://lastnames.myheritage.nl/last-name/Sprengel
The meaning of the name Sprengel:
1. habitational name from a place so called, north of Soltau.
2. hence a nickname for a lively, athletic person, from Middle Low German sprengel ‘grasshopper’.
3. from Middle High German sprengel ‘aspergill’, ‘sprinkler for holy water’; of uncertain application.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Mar 2003
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Thanks Marc and Marina for your answers... And it is true Marc I cannot assume it... But in a previous post I asked about the origin of caravaggio and I was left with an unexplained "aggio" which, I think it was Marina, was answered with the aticus possibility and since etymology is not a hard science I appreciate any theory if it makes sense... Would you say that the "aggio" in caravaggio" is from "aticus"? Or would you say it has a different origin?
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