Etymology

limmer

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French limier
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limmer · noun1

  1. French · derived fromlimier
  2. English todaylimmer

Uncertain; perhaps from limb, or French limier; see leamer.

Limmer · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*liudiz“people”
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromLimmer
  3. German · borrowed fromLimmer
  4. Middle English · derived fromluminour
  5. English todayLimmer

Various origins: * English occupational surname for an illuminator of manuscripts, from Middle English luminour, lymnour. * Borrowed from German Limmer, an habitational surname from any of several places in Germany. * Borrowed from Dutch Limmer, from a Germanic personal name composed of Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”) + *mēraz (“famous, renowned”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*liudiz all →

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