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Subject: Old Norse for "Grandson"?
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 95 09:00:04 EST

This is only vaguely genealogically related, but...

Did the Norse/Icelandic/etc. names ever reflect that someone was someone's
grandson? You see a lot of names indicating that someone is somone's
son, but I've had a request to find the term for "grandson".

My initial uneducated guess is to just double the suffix: -sonson

Thanx!

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Matt Stum Ball State University Gwydion ap Myrddin Arglwydd
Muncie, IN USA Shire of Afonlyn, MK
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