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Re: Where did the name originate and what does it mean?

by Marc (guest)

7/30/2014, 5:47 PM

in reply to a message by Dumberth

Dumberth is German but I don't know the etymology.

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- Andy ;—) (guest)

7/31/2014, 12:02 AM

DUMBERTH seems to be a variant of DOMBERT. Förstemann lists DOMBERT (8th cent.) as one out of some 30 names starting with the Gothic element DOMS (Old High German TUOM), judgement, sentence, power, glory.

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