Zimmermann.
carpenter (worker skilled at handling timber for the construction of houses)
Meaning & usage
carpenter (worker skilled at handling timber for the construction of houses)
harvestman (order Opiliones)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German zimberman, zimmerman, zimerman, from Old High German zimbarman. Equivalent to Zimmer (“timber”) (obsolete sense) + Mann (“man”). The surname is an occupational one, derived from the noun. Piecewise cognate of Dutch timmerman, Swedish timmerman, Norwegian Bokmål tømmermann, English timberman.
a common surname originating as an occupation
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German zimberman, zimmerman, zimerman, from Old High German zimbarman. Equivalent to Zimmer (“timber”) (obsolete sense) + Mann (“man”). The surname is an occupational one, derived from the noun. Piecewise cognate of Dutch timmerman, Swedish timmerman, Norwegian Bokmål tømmermann, English timberman.
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