Originally Posted by
SteveH
sorry I missed the already in Germany part. my bad.
you posted "but the inventor himself said that he used the abreviation of the German name he gave his machine: "FREIARMNÄHMASCHINE" and the first 5 letters are "FREIA"!"
I'd love to see the source for that! I have a local collectore friend who has two of these and no documentation
Have look at my original post #1: it's a link to a video where the experts told that it is an abreviation!
And here is another link:
http://www.ddr-museum.de/de/blog/the...igns-die-freia
Sorry it is in German, but it says that many people thought that he meant the goddess Freya, but the inventor Ernst Fischer always said that it is a real "made-up-word" used by him!
“Aber ich habe mir wirklich nichts Arges dabei gedacht”, beteuerte ihr Schöpfer und Taufpate, der Suhler Ingenieur und Erfinder Ernst Fischer (1910-2006). “Freia ist ein reines Kunstwort, das Kürzel für Freiarmnähmaschine. Und so war es wohl auch verstanden worden.”
Hope this helps you!