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  2. Holt (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Holt is a surname and placename, of Proto-Germanic origin and meaning a small wood or grove of trees. [1] It derives from the Old English word holt and is a near-synonym of "wold" (from Old English wald), originally denoting a forested upland.

  3. Hoelscher - Wikipedia

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    Hoelscher is an English language surname derivative, primarily used in the United States. Its origins are from the North German "Hölscher", the occupational name for a maker of clogs (wooden shoes), which in turn comes from the Middle Low German "holsche" (prefix holt-meaning "wood"; suffix -scho meaning "shoe"; with the agent noun suffix "-er").

  4. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    -dóttir "daughter (of)" (patronymic suffix (sometimes matronymic) (by law) of not a family name but part of the Icelandic last name where (usually) the father's name is always slightly modified and then dóttir added) [citation needed]-dze "son of" [citation needed]-dzki variant of -ski, -cki [citation needed]

  5. List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles

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    cwm in Welsh and cum in Cumbric; borrowed into old English as suffix coombe. dal [5] SG, I meadow, low-lying area by river Dalry, Dalmellington: prefix Cognate with and probably influenced by P Dol: dale [10] OE/ON valley OE, allotment OE Airedale i.e. valley of the River Aire, Rochdale, Weardale, Nidderdale: suffix Cognate with Tal (Ger ...

  6. Holt - Wikipedia

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    Holt & Co., British army agents and private bankers, now part of NatWest Group; Henry Holt and Company, publishing company; Holt International Children's Services, U.S.-based adoption company; Holt Manufacturing Company, progenitor of Caterpillar; Holt McDougal, publishing company; Holt Renfrew, Canadian department store

  7. Suffix (name) - Wikipedia

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    A name suffix in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person's surname (last name) and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honor (e.g. "PhD", "CCNA", "OBE").

  8. Paya language - Wikipedia

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    According to Dennis Holt ... Emphatic Suffixes These occur with subjects, direct objects, and some oblique objects that are already marked with case-suffixes. These ...

  9. Morpheme - Wikipedia

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    A morpheme is any of the smallest meaningful constituents within a linguistic expression and particularly within a word. [1] Many words are themselves standalone morphemes, while other words contain multiple morphemes; in linguistic terminology, this is the distinction, respectively, between free and bound morphemes.