The holstein Surname
holstein Name Meaning and History
German: regional name from the province of Holstein, long disputed
between Germany and Denmark. This gets its name from holsten,
the dative plural, originally used after a preposition, of
holst, from Middle Low German holt-sate ‘dweller in the
woods’ (from Middle Low German holt ‘wood’ + sate,
sete ‘tenant’). The final syllable has been erroneously altered
by analogy with North German Steen ‘stone’, which in South
German and standard German has the form Stein.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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