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posted ago by HermitAu ago by HermitAu +21 / -0

FETTERMAN Americanized form of German Vettermann: variant of Vetter , with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’. Americanized form of German Fettermann: variant of Fetter 1, with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’. It is a cognate of 1 above. Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fat man, a variant of Fetter 2.

O Rly? What a coincidence.

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