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Re: Iwel
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Oh thanks! I'm sure you're right!
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i don't think that's rightthe polish form of ABEL is ABEL
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Thanks. But maybe the Yiddish form / pet form is Iwel?
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that might be cause i found some surnames:abelski = son of abel (obvious)
iwelski = son of iwel (so iwel is a name)
and ibelski (this seems like the middle form between abel and iwel and so it was right after all i guess
but it must have been the Yiddish that changed it cause it is not a normal Ubergang from the letter 'b' to 'w' in Polish as i believe
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Oh thank you!
You know, in Hebrew the "b" and the "v" are often interchangeable (Abraham / Avraham, Deborah / Dvorah, Rebecca / Rivka...), so maybe it explains the Abel / Iwel stuff...
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