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[Surname] Re: origin of german surname REDER
Check this:http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=Reder&submit.x=0&submit.y=0In addition to this my dictionary of German surnames (Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000) has:
- occupational name, from Middle High German "reder" (miller's servant)
- from "reden" (talk): someone who talks a lot, laywer
- same as Rader (maker of wheels)So take your pick
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origin of german surname REDER  ·  Andrew Rapp  ·  2/2/2006, 5:57 AM
Re: origin of german surname REDER  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  2/3/2006, 10:10 AM