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They were initially only used as given names but around the 16th century started to be used as surnames as well | They were initially only used as given names but around the 16th century started to be used as surnames as well | ||
Some of them should use obsolete Azalic words (like our timeline has some names with obsolete Old English elements), e.g. Woughwise (WUFF- | Some of them should use obsolete Azalic words (like our timeline has some names with obsolete Old English elements), e.g. Woughwise (WUFF-iz; 'knowing how to speak') | ||
===IE style compound names=== | ===IE style compound names=== | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 19 February 2022
Names from classical languages
Greek
Not as common as in our timeline
Roman
Hebrew
Some biblical names should be more popular than in our timeline e.g. Hephzibah
These names should also be common in Ăn Yidiș
Azalic names
They were initially only used as given names but around the 16th century started to be used as surnames as well
Some of them should use obsolete Azalic words (like our timeline has some names with obsolete Old English elements), e.g. Woughwise (WUFF-iz; 'knowing how to speak')
IE style compound names
"Modern" names
Sometimes these are words for qualities or attributes, or natural objects, or animals