Decipher please. One, maybe two words. Is it Dutch or German or another?

[mudgeeclarke]

Attached is the only word I have for this mystery.  No other reference to that handwriting.  Is it one or two words.  Name or place name.  Said to be from early 1900s.  Even a language may help.  Thanks.

[davecapps]

any chance of a larger clip showing more text

[josey]

And context please  - what sort of document is it from?

[mudgeeclarke]

I wish I had more.  It is only a persons name or the destination on a dispatch docket from a German company I understand, and there is no other same source handwriting I can get/find.  I’m trying to link this name to other history and determine if this is for a person, or for a town or city.  I’ve previously been told it seems to be Eastern Europe, and not a person.  It may well be impossible.  Thought I’d give it a shot to maybe even get the alphabet more or less correct and even try a wildcard Google search.  I’m blanked right now,  thank you for trying.

[roopat]

My first thought was Russian - it looks like a u with a little line over the top (sorry can't remember the proper word) which sounds like 'ee' in Russian. Also a 'p' with a long tail which I think is a 'r'


But it's many years since I failed O level Russian so probably wrong.


I do think it's along those lines though & guessing it's a place name


Pat

[mudgeeclarke]

Thank you, RooPat.  All thoughts gladly accepted.  🤩. 🦘🦘🦘

[davecapps]

I think this could be German, Sütterlin or Kurrent.
The little line over the top of the "U" is quite common and used to differentiat between letters
see attachment.

I had a go at reading this and came up with
Lykuso(k?)ow

I found nothing that could help. No hits for names or places.
If i am right on the word ending in "ow" then this could be a place name.

Here´s a link to places ending in OW, red area
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ow

Dave

[davecapps]

https://german.stackexchange.com/questions/6940/why-is-the-ow-in-place-names-pronounced-the-way-it-is

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1fdbsh/map_of_place_names_in_germany_ending_in_ow/

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-w-silent-instead-of-being-pronounced-like-f-in-German-place-names-like-Pankow-Zastrow-L%C3%BCtzow-etc

[mudgeeclarke]

Thank you,  davecapps !   Much appreciated.  I’m beginning to think this could be a shop name, and of course that could be a place/person/descriptive word.  I’ll play with the letters, and Google a bit.  Cheers.