What would "EICKSTEDT" be then? A town of oak trees?

Eickstedt is a name taken from a town, meaning place/town/village with oaks. Many people in Germany have place names as their last names. In earlier times, when people used predominately their first names, people that came to a new village were called - let's say : Georg aus [from] Eickstedt. Later on the aus or the von was then dropped, so Georg aus Eickstedt became Georg Eickstedt. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] EICKE > What would "EICKSTEDT" be then? A town of oak trees? > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >