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From: Don Kirkman <>
Subject: Re: German equivalent of "Jesse"
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 15:01:00 -0700
References: <KS3d9.280718$983.534003@rwcrnsc53> <No4d9.8447$jG2.630154@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>


It seems to me I heard somewhere that 0903 wrote in article
<No4d9.8447$>:

>"Dick Stephens" <> wrote in message
>news:KS3d9.280718$...

>> Is there a German equivalent of the given name "Jesse", or can Jesse be a
>> shortened version of a German given name?

>Isn't that the nickname of someone called Jesus in the spanish speaking
>world?

D'yer suppose that's where Obed got the name for his son Jesse who begat
King David? Or Jesse Owens' parents for their son?

For the OP, since "Jesse" appears in the Bible I would assume Luther,
Melanchthon, or others brought the word into German a while back. I
don't know what it might be in German, however.
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Don
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