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I looked up Oopke in the NVB and was directed to this explanation (in Dutch)

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http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verklaring/naam/Obe

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Such a reduced form is hard to explain, as the two different suggested origins (WULF + B... and ODAL + B...) show.

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--elbowin

This message was edited 7/5/2016, 8:07 AM