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Pronunciation of medieval German name Feme/Femeke
It's a German variant of female name Euphemia. I found it on a list of medieval German names, however there was no guidance as to how it's pronounced... any help would be most welcome!TIA!
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I am not sure about the pronunciation in the Middle Ages, but in modern German it would probably be FEH-meh and FEH-meh-keh.Could you tell the source you are referring to? Neither FEME nor FEMEKE is listed in Seibicke's HDV (Historisches deutsches Vornamenbuch), but he has FEMKE. However he gives a totally different explanation: "Frisian child language form of names composed with the element fred"
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http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htmIs the source where I got the name. Near the bottom of the page is the following:Eufemia 2: 1366, 1375
----Feme: 1366
----Femeke: 1366
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Thanks for the Link! nm
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