Re: USAGE: Betreft: USAGE: surname prefixes

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Well, in Dutch there are some prefixes that indicate location or origin.
>van, van de and van der indicate somthing like 'belonging to'
>We also have 's <des (genitive) in placenames like 's Hertogenbosch
>(genitive-the wood of the duke) and 's Gravenhage (genitive-the wood
>of the count).
I've been wondering, What would the surname "Vanderwall" ( Van der wall)
mean? Does it mean "belonging to the wall?" (my knowledge of Dutch is
absolutely nil). Anyway, that's the surname that my great Grandmother Eva
had, before she married my great grandfather, and took his surname, Wykert.

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