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Hvor stammer navnet Kirstein fra?

Med hjælp fra forskere på Google (www.google.com) er jeg begyndt at grave i oprindelsen til ​​familienavnet Kirstein. 

Efternavnet Kirstein ser ud til at være af tysk oprindelse. Der findes ingen afgørende oplysninger om navnet Kirstein's oprindelse, men efternavnet 'Kirchstein' er anført i en tysk genealogisk fil, og det kunne let have forvandlet sig til 'Kirstein'. Der er en proces på germanske sprog, hvor grupper af flere konsonanter bliver forenklet, kaldet 'konsonant klynge reduktion'; se for eksempel germansk Philology-nyhedsbrev - "Open-syllable lengthening of vowels brings stressed syllables up to this normative length; shortening of vowels in closed syllables and reduction of consonant clusters brings syllables down to the norm or closer to it." 

Da der ikke var nogen aviser osv. for flere hundreder år siden, og folk ikke var historisk nøjagtige og snarere ville sprede myter, er det sandsynligvis spild af tid at prøve at finde ud af det, især hvis navnets oprindelse er før 1800 (de første trykte bøger var fra 1450'erne).

Efternavnet Kirstein deles af ca. 800 individer og rangeres som nummer 28.802 i frekvens i USA. 

Roden "kirche" på tysk betyder "kirke", og roden "stein" betyder "sten". 

Der er en mailingliste til diskussion og deling af oplysninger om Kirstein efternavn og variationer. For at abonnere send "abonner" til: kirstein-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) eller kirstein-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).


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  1. Anonym30.10.2007, 21.44

    my first name is kirstein and have never come across anyone else with it as first name. i hate it as no-one can pronounce or spell it right. guess i'm unique lol

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  2. Lars Kirstein Andersen18.11.2007, 13.16

    I think the opposite of my name. It's unique and a lot of people end up calling me just Kirstein instead of my first name "Lars". But you are right. It's difficult for many to pronounce and spell correctly - but then again - it's not that ordinary, which is good!

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