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[Jim Parish]

Your Name wrote:
> At one point in this thread, someone said:
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> <<"Attila", I am told, is German for "little father" and may be a  title
> rather than his name.
> >>
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> I asked a native German speaker.  His reply:
> << nope, i've never heard that word.. >>

My understanding is that it's Gothic, not German: "atta" ("father"), plus a
diminutive.

Jim Parish

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