Etymology

Kiesling

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Kiesling ← Middle High German kiselinc ← Old High German kisil
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The story

  1. Old High German · derived fromkisil“pebble”
  2. Middle High German · derived fromkiselinc
  3. German · borrowed fromKiesling
  4. English todayKiesling

Borrowed from German Kiesling, from Middle High German kiselinc, a derivative of Old High German kisil (“pebble”) (compare Modern German Kiesel).

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