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Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
> heliogabalus wrote:
>
> > "Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim" <Jdibrahim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1167315478.043350.151890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 2. What does the name Einstein mean?
> > ...
> > about 1683 from Gundelfingen which is near Burgau; Sauer [Gemeinden,
> > p.31] shows Baruch Moses Ainstein [presumably Moises' father] as having
> > been admitted in 1665, coming from Wangen am Untersee [Lower Lake
> > Constance] whose migrants, in turn, also came partly from the Burgau
> > area."
> >
> > http://www.jm-hohenems.at/mat/702_AFJMH_Newsletter_4_1.pdf
>
> Thank you very much for your detailed explanation. This indeed helps.
Found another article on Google:
www.welt.de/data/2005/07/25/750278.html">http://www.welt.de/data/2005/07/25/750278.html
I think the conclusion so far is:
(1) As of now, nobody knows for sure where the surname Einstein comes
from.
(2) It is unlikely that the "stein" in "Einstein" comes from stone,
like in other cases (e.g. Bernstein.)
The article offers another possible explanation: it could have come
from Yiddish:
"Ich wolt gewolt ajnshtejn" / "Ich'l ajnshteijn"
= "Ich möchte mich hier niederlassen"
= "I would like to establish myself here"
-- Ekki
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