Whimsical surnames, part 2 (again mostly German)
Language Log 2024-11-08
Summary:
[This is a guest post by Michael Witzel] A few months ago you published a discussion of whimsical surnames. Since then I have paid attention and have found new ones in almost every news broadcast. It is said that there are 1 million (!) surnames in the German speaking area of some 95 million people […]