Re: USAGE: Betreft: USAGE: surname prefixes

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>It could very well mean '(from the place) near the wall'.
>Wall is here a townwall (to defend the city) I think.
Interesting. It's too bad my greatgrandmother passed away several years
ago. It would have been nice to ask if she knew where her parents
emigrated from in the Netherlands. My mom says that she knew how to speak
Dutch, but didn't teach my grandmother.




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