From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 08:25:23 +0200, Dirk van den Boom   
    wrote   
   in in   
   rec.arts.sf.composition:   
      
   > Am 26.06.2015 um 00:53 schrieb Brian M. Scott:   
      
   >> It means ‘tree’.   
      
   >>> But add the rest? Dirk Van Dem Boom.   
      
   >> And  is ‘of/from the tree’.   
      
   > Indeed. But in my case, it's neither a nautical term nor   
   > about vegetation. The "tree" is a turnpike, my ancestors   
   > have been custom's officers.   
      
   Ah, so in this case it corresponds to German .   
   I’d completely forgotten about that possibility.  Thanks!   
      
   Brian   
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   holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered   
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