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[Surname] Zimmetbaum, Buxbaum
Hello!
What do the names Zimmetbaum and Buxbaum (or Buchsbaum) mean? They are Ashkenazic, from Poland and Germany.Thank you!


~~ Claire ~~
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Not sure this is still active. But we have cousins named Buxbaum. We lost track of them. Any info.
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ZIMMETBAUM would be "Zimtbaum" in today's German meaning cinnamon tree (cannelier)
BUXBAUM (Buchsbaum, as you say) is box tree (buis)
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Thank you!!!
~~ Claire ~~
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