The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 6 days agoReinvented from first principleslemmy.worldimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1758
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minus-squareGodric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·6 days agoLots of Dutch last names are ridiculous, allegedly in defiance of foreign empires forcing the people to adopt them for registration purposes.
minus-squareKnuschberkeks@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·6 days agoaccording to Wikipedia it’s a myth https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Dutch+name%23Surnames&wprov=acrw1_0
minus-squareJarifax@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoOne example is; Naaktgeboren, meaning “born naked”
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 days agoNaaktgeboren comes from the German “nachgeboren”, meaning “born after the father died”. Which is the same origin as Posthumus, except that came via latin.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoHow so? They have been free for some time, 4 centuries I think.
Lots of Dutch last names are ridiculous, allegedly in defiance of foreign empires forcing the people to adopt them for registration purposes.
according to Wikipedia it’s a myth
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Dutch+name%23Surnames&wprov=acrw1_0
Such as?
One example is; Naaktgeboren, meaning “born naked”
Naaktgeboren comes from the German “nachgeboren”, meaning “born after the father died”. Which is the same origin as Posthumus, except that came via latin.
How so? They have been free for some time, 4 centuries I think.
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