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[Facts] Re: The name Majken
by
Caprice
3/19/2005, 12:33 PM
in reply to
a message by Kim
Majken is derived from Mariken, which is an old
German
nn for
Maria
. It's pr. MY-ken (MY rhymes with "eye").
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Satu
(_satu_)
3/20/2005, 1:09 AM
Mariken and Maiken are Low
German
pet forms for
Marie
and
Mai
(Low
German
and Frisian short form of
Marie
).
-ken is a Low
German
diminutive ending (-chen in High
German
).
Majken is the Swedish spelling for Maiken.
Regards,
Satu
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