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Subject: Re: [DNA] German Surname?
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:58:42 EDT
In a message dated 8/1/2005 9:38:03 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
writes:
When do the English keep a final silent "e" and when is it dropped?
Long ago I was taught a final silent "e" is there so that the first vowel
was long.
"Wilde" rhymes with piled But then so does "wild" oh, well.
Here's some origins information.
_www.amlwchdata.co.uk/welsh_names_and_meaning.htm_
(http://www.amlwchdata.co.uk/welsh_names_and_meaning.htm)
Wild - from the English surname Wilde, meaning "one who lives in wild
places". Documents show a Wild family in 1292. Wilde.
_www.last-names.net/surname.asp%3Fsurname%3DDe%2520Wilde_
(http://www.last-names.net/surname.asp?surname=De%20Wilde)
De wilde
(origin: _Local_ (http://www.last-names.net/origin.asp?origin=Local) )
Wildau, called by the Germans Die Wilde, is a town of Poland, situated near the
confluence of the rivers Wilia and Wiln, from whence its name is derived. Wild,
a wilderness.
_http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:J0HDQmzo_JQJ:freepages.genealogy.rootswe
b.com/~haslam/surnames/w.html_
(http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:J0HDQmzo_JQJ:freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~haslam/surnames/w.html)
Wilds
English, Welsh
variations: Whild(e), Wilder, Wilde, Wildes, Wildman, Wyldes, Wylds
1-Nickname for a man of violent and undisciplined character.
2-Those who lived on a piece of land in its natural, untamed state. (Hanks &
Hodges,p.576)
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