Does anyone know what the last name "Scannavino" mean?
I know that Vino means "wine" I think....I wonder what the "Scanna" means.....
Grazie tutti
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Hello all!
Does anyone know what the last name "Scannavino" mean?
I know that Vino means "wine" I think....I wonder what the "Scanna" means.....
Grazie tutti
Does anyone know what the last name "Scannavino" mean?
I know that Vino means "wine" I think....I wonder what the "Scanna" means.....
Grazie tutti
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johnnyonthespot
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Re: last name translation
According to wordreferece.com ( http://www.wordreference.com/iten/scanno#scanno115 ), 'scanno' is the 1st Person singular present indicative of the verb 'scannare', slaughter in English.
Make of that what you will. Perhaps your ancestor was a drunken butcher.
Make of that what you will. Perhaps your ancestor was a drunken butcher.
Carmine
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Re: last name translation
Not so far off!!!
From this site:
http://www.cognomiitaliani.org/cognomi/cognomi0017c.htm
"Scanavini ha alla base un soprannome emiliano ironico o nome di mestiere Scanavini, formato da 'scanèr' = "scannare" e 'vini', cioè "scanna il vino", riferito a "chi rovina il vino, o che non sa bere bene" oppure a "chi spilla il vino, l'oste."
Scanavino was underlying nickname or the name of the job of Scanavini, consisting of 'Scaner' = 'slay' and 'wine', that is "slaughtering the wine," referring to "those who ruin the wine, or who can not drink well" or "who pin the wine, the host.
Good job Carmine
T.
From this site:
http://www.cognomiitaliani.org/cognomi/cognomi0017c.htm
"Scanavini ha alla base un soprannome emiliano ironico o nome di mestiere Scanavini, formato da 'scanèr' = "scannare" e 'vini', cioè "scanna il vino", riferito a "chi rovina il vino, o che non sa bere bene" oppure a "chi spilla il vino, l'oste."
Scanavino was underlying nickname or the name of the job of Scanavini, consisting of 'Scaner' = 'slay' and 'wine', that is "slaughtering the wine," referring to "those who ruin the wine, or who can not drink well" or "who pin the wine, the host.
Good job Carmine
T.
