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Bruveris

BRÙVERIS

Etymology

From Latv. Brewer ¹, Brewers ². Limm. surnames can be derived from or simply from German. Bruer, Brouwer: German. Brauer „aludaris“ ³, or from Germanism mnd. brewer, Latv. in language turned into brû̃velis (LVV I 342). See also Brû̃velaitis.

Feminine FORMS

Bruverienė / Bruverytė

Pronunciation

/ˈbrʊʋʲɛrʲɪs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. LAG 32, 89, 278, etc..

2. ibid., 18, 29, 40, etc..

3. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 206.