The story
- French · derived fromJosse
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*gautaz“Geat”
- English todayJoslin
English surname, borrowed through French from a Germanic name, from *Gauzelin, a diminutive of names formed from Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”). The name was also influenced by French Josse (see Joyce).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*gautaz all →
geat
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.