Originally Posted by
himespau
(OT, but do you know what a yoder does? I mean a miller mills, but what do you do when you yode? I only ask because that's my wife's maiden name and I haven't been able to get an answer from her other than that it's something you do when you're amish.)
The Yoder surname comes from the name of St. Theodurus who was from what is now Switzerland and is the patron saint of Liechtenstein. The great Anabaptist theologian John Howard Yoder and others have explained how "Theodorus" naturally morphed to "Yoder" over the centuries.
Last edited by yoder; 09-20-10 at 03:27 PM.