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Re: Coppelia
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Thanks Menke. I know the ballet and I love it.
As Coppelius and Coppelia sound rather Latin, I thought of a Latin origin, but I found nothing satisfying.I'm still searching ^^Andria.
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Read somewhere that Coppelius may be a latinization of the surname Coppel or Coppelman. Given the previous info about Hoffmann's job may be a Jewish name?
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Yessssss I just thought about it! Jewish people have often used Latin or latinized names (*Julius* Oppenheimer, Elioenai also called Elius, Moshe also called Mausaeus...). If you suppress the Latin ending of Coppelius you get Coppel. And Koppel is the Yiddish form / pet form of Yaakov (Yakov).
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Koppel thus not only Jewish...(m)Because i first thought it was not related, but i found the firstname Coppe at the Meertens Instituut site as a pet form of Jakob. Guess this is another confirmation of the theory now i know what you just told.
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Thanks a lot everybody ! You cannot imagine how much you helped me ^^
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