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QuoteReplyTopic: Meaning of Nassau, as in Orange-Nassau Posted: 09-Jun-2010 at 12:10
I have been trying to figure out the appearence of the word Nassau, in Germany, etc.! And, it appears it is a blank! Nothing has been discovered or written about, that I can find.
So, since I did find an Arabic word that might well be the base for Nass-au, I wanted to ask any of you who are fluent, to give me your impressions?
Since I noticed that my post received no responses, I shall make one!
It seems, via my research, that there is a chance that the word "nassau", might well be related to the Arabic word "nassar/nasser, etc.
Thus whe come up with this list of possible spellings, E.g., nassar, nasser, Nazar, Nasr, naseir, nasir, etc.!
Various meanings of this word as a name reveal the following; "endure", or maybe "enduring?", or "to endure?", or "protector", or "triumph", or "victor", or "victory?", "winner?", etc.!
One example can be found here;
http://baby-names.familyeducation.com/name-meaning/nasser
The history of the Orange-Nassau ruling family is also very interesting!
And, as mentioned earlier, the possibility of a connection to Arabic, leads one into muddied waters!
Regards,
Now, I have found something where I probably might help. I live not far away from Nassau, where river Lahn flows into river Rhine.
Nassau/er (Nassauer is the inhabitant of city Nassau) comes from freeloader, someone who is doing something on costs of others, means free of charge or a gift.
The origin is "naß" or "naß sein" (to be "naß").
Now, the origin of "naß" is not Arabic, it derives from Rotwelsch (slang) "nassen". Welsch has the middle-high German meaning of Romanesque as well as strange. Rot comes from beggar and/or gang.
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