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Re: LD in France / CRB (fwd)
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From: Hans Geuns <geuns@euronet.nl>
Christopher Berg wrote:
> Nonnenmacher (on first glance this time) would seem to be a derivation from
> "nonentity" bastardized into a Germanic sounding name. (But the double "n"
> would argue against it, eh?)
"Nonnenmacher" is a (real) German surname. (Maybe VN associated the name with
the Black Arches, the Nun Moth (Lymantria monacha L.), "Nonne" in German ?)
Hans Geuns
geuns@euronet.nl
Christopher Berg wrote:
> Nonnenmacher (on first glance this time) would seem to be a derivation from
> "nonentity" bastardized into a Germanic sounding name. (But the double "n"
> would argue against it, eh?)
"Nonnenmacher" is a (real) German surname. (Maybe VN associated the name with
the Black Arches, the Nun Moth (Lymantria monacha L.), "Nonne" in German ?)
Hans Geuns
geuns@euronet.nl