Re[2]: [tied] Re: Also an Austro-Asiatic Disconnect
From: Brian M. Scott Message: 42067 Date: 2005-11-11
At 5:30:26 PM on Friday, November 11, 2005, Patrick Ryan
wrote:
> If I meet someone named Rubin, is it not likely that he
> descends from a family of jewelers?
Depends. If it's of German origin, <Rubin> can be from
<Rubi>, a hypocoristic form of <Ruprecht>. If it's of
Russian origin, it can be originally patronymic, from a
Russian form of <Reuben>.