On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:16:50 -0800 Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 10:01, Geir A. Myrestrand wrote:
Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:13:31 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Schulz means "protector," or something of that ilk.
Let a German tell you that it doesn't ;-) I can only guess that it is related to Schulze, which is an old term for mayor. So in the end, you weren't *that* far away :)
No need to guess, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulz
I wrote "policeman" first, but then after checking the association with the SS, changed it to "protector." I'm guessing that a common root is involved with all these various meanings.
According to the etymologies I've seen, Schulze is a shortened form of Schultheiss, which literally means, roughly, the one who orders debts to be collected (Schuld = debt, related to English should). Schutz derives from a word meaning to contain or damn in (water), related to English shut. Steve Berman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org