Etymology

Riemer

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle High German riemære ← Yiddish רימער
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  1. Yiddish · derived fromרימער“leather rein”
  2. Middle High German · derived fromriemære
  3. English todayRiemer

Jewish and German surname, from Middle High German riemære (modern German Riemer) and Yiddish רימער (rimer, “leather rein”); see Riemen (“strap”). Also a spelling variant of Reimer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.