Etymology

Feldman

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Today it means: A surname from German of German and Jewish origin. Full definition →

German Feldmann ← Middle High German man ← Old High German man
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The story

  1. GermanFeld
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  3. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  5. Old High Germanman
  6. Middle High Germanman
  7. GermanMann
  8. GermanFeldmann
  9. English todayFeldman

Borrowed from German Feldmann.

Words from the same roots

GermanFeldmann all →

Feldmann

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