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<phoglund@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim kirjoitti:
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> > The German word for stone ,,Stein" is used in German very widely in
> > combinations particularly with proper names like surnames, names of
> > streets....
> > 1. The combination of some words like Bernstein is clear to me but I
> > can't understand a name like Einstein "one stone".
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> Wild guess: the "Ein-" might be traceable to some other word and
> entirely unrelated to ein "one".
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> > 2. Germany is not that mountainous so why this overuse of "Stein"(
> > maybe particularly in the north?) Any historic explanation?
You're making mountains out of stones. :-)
> Another wild guess: it might have something to do with borders marked
> with stones.
And many people drink beer out of earthenware mugs
and live in houses built out of bricks.
pjk
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