Message: "Gestetner" - Behind the Name

Gestetner

by Getb (guest)

12/21/2012, 10:40 AM

Anyone knows the etymology of this strange surname? I think its German... sounds German but I cannot recognize a single lexeme although I am guessing the possible ways to brake it; Gest-Etner, Gest-et-ner, Ges-Tetner, Ges-Tet-ner, Gestetn-er, Gestet-ner...

#Gestetner

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- Marc (guest) +3

12/21/2012, 10:57 AM

You'll find the origin of Gestetner at tinyurl.com/c5qpyyt.

- Getb (guest) +2

12/22/2012, 2:07 PM

Thanks for the link but I was not allowed into the page it showed

- Marc (guest) +1

12/23/2012, 8:17 AM

Very strange. Anyway, according to Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary, Gestetner is from Middle High German gestete 'river bank'.

- Getb2 (guest)

12/23/2012, 3:10 PM

Thanks :D

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