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ECCHER | ECKER | HECHER

Eccher is specific to Trentino, the more German forms Ecker and Hecher are Tyrolean and are extremely rare, deriving from the Germanic word eck (height, hill) and would indicate people coming from hilly areas.

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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