Etymology

Tetzlaff

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Proto-Slavic *těšiti
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  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*těšiti
  2. English todayTetzlaff

East German surname, from a Germanized form of a Slavic (Pomeranian or Polabian) personal name such as Těšislav, from teš (“to comfort, console”) (from Proto-Slavic *těšiti) + sława (“glory”). See also Tesch.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Slavic*těšiti all →

TeschTessmer

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