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> their children would take the name Travisson or Travissdóttir Why is it Travissdottir but not Travissson?
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
> their children would take the name Travisson or Travissdóttir
Why is it Travissdottir but not Travissson?
- ayewo 2y agodottir = female child (daughter) son = male child
- tmtvl 2y agothaumasiotes is asking about the number of 's'-es in the surname.
- amiga386 2y agoI'm not an expert in Icelandic orthography, but the general case is "<name>'s son/daughter", e.g. "son of Fredrik" -> Fredriksson and for <name> ending in "s", I knew "son of Magnús" -> Magnússon. But I should've checked, because I've looked it up now, and "daughter of Magnús" should be Magnúsdóttir. So we'd get Travisson / Travisdóttir.