Poolman - Dutch for "man from Poland"?
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Poolman - Dutch for "man from Poland"?
| tommaas (View posts) | Posted: 14 May 2001 11:21AM GMT |
Found this nugget on an internet site for explaining name origins:
"Pooler is likely an Anglicized spelling of the German Pfuhler, or a variation
of the English surname Pool. Pfuhler is the Germanic version of Pool, which is
a place name that described the man who lived by a pool of water, or pond.
Among the Dutch, Pool is an ethnic name that described the man from Poland.
English variations are Poole, Poolman, Polman . Cognates are Pfuhl, Pfuhlmann,
Pfuhler (German); Pohl, Pohlmann, Puhlmann, Puhl, Pohler (Low German); Van de
Poel, Van der Poel, Peolman (Flemish/Dutch)."
Anyone out there able to confirm the Dutch-Polish connection?
Tom Maas
(Grandmother was a Dutch Poolman
"Pooler is likely an Anglicized spelling of the German Pfuhler, or a variation
of the English surname Pool. Pfuhler is the Germanic version of Pool, which is
a place name that described the man who lived by a pool of water, or pond.
Among the Dutch, Pool is an ethnic name that described the man from Poland.
English variations are Poole, Poolman, Polman . Cognates are Pfuhl, Pfuhlmann,
Pfuhler (German); Pohl, Pohlmann, Puhlmann, Puhl, Pohler (Low German); Van de
Poel, Van der Poel, Peolman (Flemish/Dutch)."
Anyone out there able to confirm the Dutch-Polish connection?
Tom Maas
(Grandmother was a Dutch Poolman