Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM
Is this a particularly Westpfälzisch group of names? Standard German for "roam/wander" is schweifen, but Westpfälzisch seems more inclined to nasalize b/f before n (although that's not uncommon in many languages, cf. -ram v -raban in OHG, and somnus v sopor- in Latin).
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German surname SCHEWHM  ·  Andy :—)  ·  7/15/2018, 6:54 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM  ·  Lepic  ·  7/15/2018, 8:00 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  7/15/2018, 10:24 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM  ·  Lepic  ·  7/15/2018, 1:23 PM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  7/17/2018, 12:06 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM  ·  thegriffon  ·  7/17/2018, 3:44 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  7/17/2018, 7:30 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM  ·  thegriffon  ·  7/17/2018, 8:58 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  7/19/2018, 10:01 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM  ·  thegriffon  ·  7/20/2018, 1:07 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  7/20/2018, 6:12 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM  ·  thegriffon  ·  7/22/2018, 6:30 AM
Re: German surname SCHEWHM / SCHWEMM  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  7/26/2018, 12:30 PM