Re: Dutch names in -ma

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, 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?
> thanks,

They're Frisian (as is -ga). As far as I know -ma is the "meadow"
word (cf 'mead').

Torsten