Släkthistoria för Groat
Groat Vad efternamn betyder
Scottish (Orkney and Caithness): nickname from Old Norse grautr ‘porridge’. Compare Grout. The word assumed a special meaning in Orkney and Shetland best shown in the use of the word grot which means ‘sediment of oil from fish livers or any thick mess’. Scottish: alternatively a variant for Grote. Americanized form of German Dutch or Danish Groth Groot and Grott or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname such as German Gradt (see Grad).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
