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Help[Facts] Re: What is the real meaning of the name Schenley
in reply to a message by vladislava
I doubt a Samuel connection because of the letter "n". In Yiddish, Samuel is given as Schmuel or Schmul.
The initial Sch suggest a German (not Germanic! the other Germanic languages use different spellings for that sound) origin, but it is not a German given name at all.
It could be a surname, from Schönlay; schön means "beautiful" and Lay "rock, cliff, crag (of slate)" is the determiner also occurring in Loreley.
The initial Sch suggest a German (not Germanic! the other Germanic languages use different spellings for that sound) origin, but it is not a German given name at all.
It could be a surname, from Schönlay; schön means "beautiful" and Lay "rock, cliff, crag (of slate)" is the determiner also occurring in Loreley.
This message was edited 9/29/2015, 3:00 AM
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