Etymology

Temkin

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Today it means: A surname from Yiddish. Full definition →

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The story

Jewish metronymic surname, from a hypocoristic form of the Yiddish personal name תָּמָר (Tomer) (see Tomer) + the Proto-Slavic possessive suffix *-inъ.

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