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Satu,
You probably know a lot more about this stuff than I, but isn't the
"-ke" ending to a surname characteristic of East Prussia or Pomerania? That would sure be consistent with the Polish root word.
- Da.
You probably know a lot more about this stuff than I, but isn't the
"-ke" ending to a surname characteristic of East Prussia or Pomerania? That would sure be consistent with the Polish root word.
- Da.
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Hi Daividh,
you are right, the –ke suffix comes from Slavic names with endings like –ka, -ek, -ak etc. when they were Germanized. That happened, of course, mostly in the eastern parts of Germany like East Prussia or Pomerania.
In the northwest of Germany the –ke suffix is a Low German and Frisian form of German –chen which is a diminutive ending.
Satu
you are right, the –ke suffix comes from Slavic names with endings like –ka, -ek, -ak etc. when they were Germanized. That happened, of course, mostly in the eastern parts of Germany like East Prussia or Pomerania.
In the northwest of Germany the –ke suffix is a Low German and Frisian form of German –chen which is a diminutive ending.
Satu
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Thanks!
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