etymology

[Robert A. Rothstein]

On 4/1/2014 3:09 PM, R. M. Cleminson wrote:
> There is, incidentally, absolutely nothing to suggest that names in -ин are matronymic, and indeed, the commonest of them, such as Фомин, Кузьмин, indicate quite the reverse.
>
         But there are numerous Yiddish family names with the Slavic -in 
that *are* matronymic: Rivkin (< Rivke [Rebecca]), Sorkin (< Sorke 
[Sarah]), Slatkin (< Zlatkin < Zlate [Goldie]), Dvorkin (< Dvoyre 
[Deborah]), Freidin (< Freyde [Frieda]), Rochlin (<Rokhl [Rachel]), etc.

Bob Rothstein

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