From my understanding, Putzlein could mean "little clean thing" considering that Putzen means "cleaning" or "decorating" in some cases. My German is not so good. Specifically, Putz means "to clean" I believe. But the thing is that Putzlien is a medieval Yiddish name and Putz means in Middle High German "lump, piece, stump”.
It appears in this specific article
https://journals.openedition.org/clio/13504
(I accidentally clicked on edit so please ignore the current description)
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rate my PLN:
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/229415/142623 https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/229415/165832
This message was edited 12/18/2024, 7:51 AM