Sequoia Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I'm just wondering how the name Strauss, which is I assume fairly common since it is the name of more than one famous composer and at least one politician I've heard of originated. I've never run into anyone with the last name Ostrich. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) good question. Origins of names (any) are oftenly hard to retrace in history. but according to wiki it´s like this I guess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss this goes somewhat deeper: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Strauß Edited September 12, 2019 by RockinHarry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Ah, so it also means bouquet or bunch of flowers as well as a contention or fight . Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) Difficult question. As always, when it comes to the roots of names or even words. There is certainly no “one size fits all” answer to your question. This link gives some additional info: http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/boy/strauss In respect to the name, the reference to a coat of arms as origin of the name is interesting. Also note the reference to the old Dutch name “Strüsso“ as origin for „Strauss“. Which could mean a family name originating from „Strüsso“ has no explicit meaning (unless „Strüsso“ had a meaning in Dutch. ) Further this one: https://de.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Strauß Acc to this explanation, one meaning of “Strauss” comes from an old German word for bushes, which again would fit nicely to the coat of arms explanation. Or just a description of a location as origin of the name. Later the “Strauss” developed into bundles of upright standing twigs, branches, feathers, etc. From this use, it obviously later developed into the word for bouquets. Edited September 26, 2019 by StieliAlpha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 In Swedish ostrich is "struts" and a bouquet of flowers are gathered in a cone like shape which is "strut" in Swedish. Pretty similar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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