etymology

[Jules Levin]

On 02.04.2014 2:46, John Dunn wrote:
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> 3. I presume Голдин is another matrilineal surname; what about Берлин and Цейтлин?
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To slightly adjust a t-crossing, these names are not matrilineal, but, 
as Bob R. notes, matronymic.  They were never handed down from mother to 
daughter.  This issue has been discussed at length on the Jewishgen web 
site.  There is also considerable skepticism that names like Berlin or 
Pariser were taken from the actual cities.
Jules Levin




> 4. I am no Romance philologist, bur I think Putin's putative (for want of a better word) Latin ancestor must have come from Spain, not Italy.
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> John Dunn.
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