Re: [tied] Dutch names in -ma

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:11:22 +0100 (MET), Harald Hammarstrom
<haha2581@...> wrote:

>What's the etymology of this element as in names like Bouma, Haringsma
>etc? Is it < man ? And those in -stra? Are they perhaps Frisian?

Yes, they're Frisian. The -a is apparently a gen.pl. ending. So -ma
perhaps from -manna "of the men", -stra < -sittera/-sêtera "of the
inhabitants", and -inga, with the suffix -ing in the gen.pl.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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