Etymology

Stauffer

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Proto-West Germanic *staupijan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*staupijan“to pour out”
  2. English todayStauffer

South German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German noun stouf (“stoup”) (related to Proto-West Germanic *staupijan (“to pour out”)).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*staupijan all →

Hohenstaufen

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