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From: deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: Scandanavian surnames [was: Re: And...other last-name elements
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In article <32FA3FC5.1F90@sn.nono>, Anders Blehr  <ablehr@sn.nono> wrote:
>Daniel von Brighoff wrote:
>
>> Very few modern Scandanavian names derive from topnymns.  
>
>What is a "topnymn"?  Unknown to me, unknown to Merriam-Webster.

A typo.

(The correct spelling is "toponym".)

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