The story
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*þeudu“people”
- English todayDiehl
From the German surname, from personal names deriving from the base Diet- (such as the first element of Dietrich), eventually from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu (“people”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-West Germanic*þeudu all →
timmertheed
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.