LL-L "Names" 2005.02.08 (01) [E]

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From:  burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2005.01.30 (04) [E]

> From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Etymology
>
> Hi all
>
> Quick question that's very probably off topic. I promised a friend of
> mine a
> while back to ask if
> anyone had an idea what her surname could mean. The name is 'Spieweg'
> (pronounced Shpeeveck for English speakers). I have a hunch that it's
> probably a Germanised Slavic name, but if anyone else has any ideas I
> and
> she would be grateful.
>
> Gary
>
> ----------
>
> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Names
>
> Hi, Gary!
>
> I've come across the surname Spieweg a few times and have always
> associated
> it with "the East."  In fact, a web search just now seemed to confirm
> that
> the name occurs predominantly in Eastern Germany.  This may add weight
> to
> your supposition that it is of Slavonic origin.
>
> In actual fact, there is the fairly common Polish-derived surname
> Spiewek
> (probably from or Śpiewek ["s'pjEvEk], related to Standard Polish
> _śpiewak_
> 'singer' < _śpiew_ [s'pjEf] 'song'?; cf. Lower Sorbian _spiw_ >
> _spiwaŕ_,
> Upper Sorbian _spěw_ > _spěwar_, Czech _zpěv_ > _zpěvák_, Slovak
> _zpev_ >
> _zpevák_).
>
> Possibly a lead?
>
> What are the Kashubian equivalents, folks?
>
> Regards,
> Reinhard/Ron

Hi Gary,

"spieweg" is a name that has two Flemish words:
-"spie"  in Dutch is "een wig", in English "a wedge".
-"weg" , the same in Dutch, in English is "a road"
So "spieweg "could be derived from somebody who lived on a raod that
splits itself in two.
-"spie" means also 'vette stevige mergelgrond '(V) = fat and heavy marl.
So it could also mean "a marl road"

groetjes
luc vanbrabant
oekene

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