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Help[Surname] Re: Horkheimer and Rimensberger
in reply to a message by Charls
As I suspected, you have absolutely no evidence for any of this. Onomastics is not a guessing game and you should refrain from indulging in this kind of idle speculation. You're not doing your credibility any good with the kinds of unsubstantiated claims you keep putting forth.
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Sometimes surnames don't offer any evidence in records that leads to its true origin. You have to speculate, and if you are really "good at it", the origin is highly probable. Talking to someone with this surname could get me closer to the origin though.
I'll throw in this "twist". The word "Hork" from a place called Horkheim, Germany is derived from the Old High German hor, meaning "mud, swampy". Note that this is not a contradiction, but an inclusion. Perhaps you have misjudge me. You knew nothing about the meaning of Hork, so I gave my best shot, increasing my credibility of course.
I'll throw in this "twist". The word "Hork" from a place called Horkheim, Germany is derived from the Old High German hor, meaning "mud, swampy". Note that this is not a contradiction, but an inclusion. Perhaps you have misjudge me. You knew nothing about the meaning of Hork, so I gave my best shot, increasing my credibility of course.
This message was edited 12/11/2012, 6:56 PM
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