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minus-squareGodric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·2 months agoLots of Dutch last names are ridiculous, allegedly in defiance of foreign empires forcing the people to adopt them for registration purposes.
minus-squareKnuschberkeks@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoaccording to Wikipedia it’s a myth https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Dutch+name%23Surnames&wprov=acrw1_0
minus-squareJarifax@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoOne example is; Naaktgeboren, meaning “born naked”
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoNaaktgeboren comes from the German “nachgeboren”, meaning “born after the father died”. Which is the same origin as Posthumus, except that came via latin.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoHow so? They have been free for some time, 4 centuries I think.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI know that feel. My grandma’s name is basically “Fuck you *other regional power* , *Insert town here* belongs to *ethnic minority*.”
Lots of Dutch last names are ridiculous, allegedly in defiance of foreign empires forcing the people to adopt them for registration purposes.
according to Wikipedia it’s a myth
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Dutch+name%23Surnames&wprov=acrw1_0
Such as?
One example is; Naaktgeboren, meaning “born naked”
Naaktgeboren comes from the German “nachgeboren”, meaning “born after the father died”. Which is the same origin as Posthumus, except that came via latin.
How so? They have been free for some time, 4 centuries I think.
I know that feel. My grandma’s name is basically “Fuck you *other regional power* , *Insert town here* belongs to *ethnic minority*.”