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Help[Facts] Re: Sarkander.
in reply to a message by Dorchadas
Johannes (Jan) Sarkander was also known as Johannes Fleischmann. Following a fashion of the time, he (or maybe his parents or ancestors, I couldn't find any information on this bit) translated his last name to Sarkander, composed of the Greek elements sarx (gen. sarkos) and aner (gen. andros). Fleischmann is a Bavarian word for Fleischer (butcher).
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Thank you for your information, Andy - guess I was at least right about Sarkander actually being Greek (despite it turning out to be a translation from a German surname). :x Pity it doesn't derive from a first name, though, since that would have been really neat. :)
This message was edited 9/27/2010, 4:46 PM
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