Re: Origin of Family Name???
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Re: Origin of Family Name???
M. Horner 1/17/99
M. Jewel:
Gerald comes from Middle English -> Old French -> Old High German name meaning "spear wielder."The "fitz" part is a Norman French-> Old French name prefix that means "son of" from the Latin "filius".(Ah, I remember, "spear wielder" is an alternate meaning of Jarrell that I ran across.)
Gerald comes from Middle English -> Old French -> Old High German name meaning "spear wielder."The "fitz" part is a Norman French-> Old French name prefix that means "son of" from the Latin "filius".(Ah, I remember, "spear wielder" is an alternate meaning of Jarrell that I ran across.)Remembering that "Norman" is a corruption of "Northmathr" meaning North Man and we are back to Old Norse again.
Remembering that "Norman" is a corruption of "Northmathr" meaning North Man and we are back to Old Norse again.I suspect that if we had the etymological references, we'd find that Old Norse "Jarl" comes from a root refering to spear, too.
I suspect that if we had the etymological references, we'd find that Old Norse "Jarl" comes from a root refering to spear, too.I'm not trying to be sarcastic or rude here, but did you or somebody pay money to The Historical Research Center, Inc?If Jarre refers to pottery and Fitzgerald means son of the spear wielder, they can't be variations of the same name, spelling similarities notwithstanding.
I'm not trying to be sarcastic or rude here, but did you or somebody pay money to The Historical Research Center, Inc?If Jarre refers to pottery and Fitzgerald means son of the spear wielder, they can't be variations of the same name, spelling similarities notwithstanding.(BTW, Jarre comes from Provencal jarra, which comes from the Arabic jarrah - large earthen vase! and is the source of our word "jar".)
(BTW, Jarre comes from Provencal jarra, which comes from the Arabic jarrah - large earthen vase! and is the source of our word "jar".)Jackie Buzbee DavisMore Replies:
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