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Does anyone have information about these Jewish surnames? Thank you so much!
ASHKENAZI
Sztern
Klapholz
Mandel
Handkan (Khazar origins)
Wodowski
Oberklajd / Oberkleid
Mateles / Meiteles
Bluhbaum
(von) Sternberg
Todres
Korsak (sp?)
SFARADI
Frances
Tazartes
ASHKENAZI
Sztern
Klapholz
Mandel
Handkan (Khazar origins)
Wodowski
Oberklajd / Oberkleid
Mateles / Meiteles
Bluhbaum
(von) Sternberg
Todres
Korsak (sp?)
SFARADI
Frances
Tazartes
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I'd look for "near names" in the most obvious languages ...German, Russian, Polish, etc. ...for instance, I found Mandel as a German name meaning "almond" ...Bluhbaum ...possibly "blue" + "tree" ..Sztern is probably a variant of 'stern' or star ...Klapholz is probably a variant of (= Streichholz) a match from "Klap"=snap and "holz"=wood ...Sternberg=Star+hill ...Wodowski, from a Russian site, Wod=Vod=water ...the end -ski, I believe is a diminutive, meaning "son of" ...Oberklajd / Oberkleid - maybe over + land ...Korsak is a Russian steppe fox ...not sure of the exact translation ...best I can do ...
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