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Funnily enough, this is more widespread than one would think. I didn't know about the Turkish example. In Spanish, all the surnames ending in -ez also mean "so
by NetStrikeForce 10y ago
Funnily enough, this is more widespread than one would think. I didn't know about the Turkish example.
In Spanish, all the surnames ending in -ez also mean "son of". Even many Spanish speaking people don't know (or don't care? :)) about it, as they've been used as "normal" (sorry) surnames for long now.
Lopez: Son of Lope
Rodriguez: Son of Rodrigo
Perez: Son of Pedro
Martínez: Son of Martín
etc
- magic_beans 10y agoI had no idea!! Was there ever a "daughter of" convention? I love when etymology pops up in random threads :)
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoActually, when I said "son of" in my head I was using the gender neutral "hijo", so it applies actually to sons and daughters :-)