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[Facts] Finnish form of Elizabeth maybe (?) n/t

by Ivayla

3/26/2004, 1:14 PM

n/t

- Satu (guest)

3/27/2004, 2:00 AM

Not Finnish

Hi,

Liisbeta is not Finnish although it reminds of Finnish because of the double-i. The letter b is very uncommon in Finnish.

There's a Dutch pet form of Elisabeth written Lijsbeta. Maybe it's a variant of that one?

Regards, Satu

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