What is "ravanetti"?
I think it is Italian.
Thanks in advance.
2007-05-19 10:05:15 · 2 answers · asked by ssliao728 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The surname seems to originate in Parma. Could come from the word for "little turnip".
"Ravanetti è molto raro e specifico del parmense, Ravani, molto raro anch'esso, sembrerebbe avere un ceppo nel milanese e cremasco ed uno nel ferrarese, dovrebbero derivare da soprannomi connessi con il vocabolo dialettale rava (rapa)."
"L'origine dei cognomi - Ran" : http://www.cognomiitaliani.org/cognomi/cognomi0016an.htm
Machine translation :
"Ravanetti is much rare one and specific of the Parmesan, Ravani, much rare one anch'esso, it would seem to have a stock in from Milan one and Cremasco and in the Ferrarese, they would have to derive from nicknames connected with the dialectal word "rava" (turnip)."
2007-05-19 10:36:56 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an Italian surname but it's not a word in normal speech. It's fairly similar to my surname.
2007-05-19 17:13:12 · answer #2 · answered by Claire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋