Re: Dutch surnames (scatological warning!)

2009/4/6 Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets <tsela.cg@...>:
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> Note that my second last name (my husband's family name) is also relatively
> strange/funny. "Koevoets" simply means "cow foot" :) .
does it? I don't know about the etymology of the name, but I'd expect
"cow foot" to be "koeienvoet".
Perhaps it's related to "koevoet" = crowbar?

René

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