Which famous Jewish name has been explained as either referring to the Yiddish version of the German name Trier or as referring to a house with the sign of a tripod?

queproblema

Dreyfus, according to this site, although the tripod bit is here treated not as a house with a sign, but as either a person who uses a crutch, or as one who was tolerant, "standing for" anything! German "Trier," from French "Treves." However, no mention of Yiddish is made on this site, and "Dreyfus," along with eight variant spellings, is called German. http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/dreyfus- family-crest.htm I call it a famous Jewish name because of Alfred Dreyfus, the French officer falsely convicted of espionage by anti-semites; many readers here might more quickly think of Richard Dreyfuss, the actor, who claims the former as a relative. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dreyfuss Sep 14 07, 8:22 AM

Flem-ish

Hmm..Sure, there is a country where film-stars are all-important and become presidents or governors, but I was indeed thinking of Captain Alfred Dreyfus (Alsatian version of the name). A tripod as a house-sign is not unlikely. There is the famous case of the Rot-schildts (house with red sign in Frankfurt). Yiddish Dreyves derives from Latin Treves, which in modern French became Trêves. An internet source: http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/vol08/vol08.103 Should the mini-silver-tripod award be sent to Spain or to the States? Sep 14 07, 9:09 AM

queproblema

Depends who you want to receive it. I've never been to Spain, but numerous Spaniards have come to me. Just call me "Mohammed." I see the link doesn't go to the right page. If it doesn't come out right this time, then type "Dreyfus" in the yellow search bar at the upper left-hand corner on the page it does take you to. http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/dreyfus-family-crest.htm Sep 14 07, 5:54 PM