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[Surname] Re: German surname BISSBORT
by Jim Young (guest)
6/7/2009, 11:43 AM
in reply to a message by Andy ;—)
This website -
http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/v3/Default.aspx?lang=nodetect
associates Bissbort with Beisbart and Beibarth, and also mentions a place name Piesport.
Any help?
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- Andy ;—) (guest)
6/11/2009, 11:26 AM
Thank you for the hint! I had already suspected, that the second element was BERATH. I am not sure about the BISS part. There is a stem BISS, Förstemann mentions it, but I have no copy of the pages in question. A connection with "bite" ("Biss" in German) would surprise me.
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- Jim Young (guest)
6/7/2009, 11:45 AM
Beibarth should read Beisbarth.
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