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I love words and it's fun to know how words and names originate. Kind of, this is a blog that links me to my subject 'Linguistics' as well.

Let me start with my last name 'Vernekar'
Well, that's made up of 2 morphemes, Verne + kar
'Verne' stands for a place in Goa, India
'kar' stands for 'Taxes'
In short, my last name stands for someone who paid taxes in Verne or is from Verne

Similarly, here are some other Goa-based last names:
Netalkar = Netarli + kar
Revankar = Revana + kar
Shirodkar = Shiroda + kar
Mangeshkar = Mangeshi +kar

Another word - 'Onomastics', that's where the basics for Place Name and Proper Name dissection can be studied.

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  1. siddeshwarJuly 20, 2010 at 6:16 PM

    ...good start for an interesting subject! Love to see your next post.

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  2. Dr. Shilpa VernekarJuly 21, 2010 at 6:23 PM

    Thank you, that's very encouraging!

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