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References
- ↑ Fick, August. "Wörterbuch der Indogermanischen Sprachen Dritter Teil: Wortschatz der Germanischen Spracheinheit". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ↑ Blackie, Christina (1887). Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-Names Giving Their Derivations. London: John Murray. pp. 180.
- ↑ Davis, Richard (1992). The Stauffer Families of Switzerland, Germany, and America (Including Stouffer and Stover). Provo, Utah: Richard Davis.
- ↑ Stauffer, Joe. "The Stauffer Name" . Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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