Swiss (family name)

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Schweizer is a family name .

variants

meaning

Schweizer, Schweitzer, Schwyzer is a name of origin and means “the one from Switzerland ” or, as a rule, “the one from Schwyz ”. The original form is the Schwyzer variant , which is undiphthonged in Alemannic , where the “y” traditionally stands for a closed long i , compare Middle High German Swîz “Schweiz, Schwyz” or Swîzer “Schweizer, Schwyzer”.

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proof

  1. ↑ Duden. Surnames. Origin and meaning of 20,000 surnames. Edited by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005; under Schweitzer, Swiss .
  2. ^ Digital dictionary of surnames in Germany: Schweizer.
  3. ↑ On the trail of your name: Swiss. Family name declarations by the editorial staff of Schweizerischer Idiotikon on Radio SRF.
  4. ^ Rudolf Wachter: Swiss (Schwyzer). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  5. ^ Family name book of Switzerland , enter Schweizer and Schwyzer .
  6. ↑ a b Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Volume IX, Column 2266 ff., Article Schwîzer ; on the personal name Sp. 2272 f.
  7. ↑ In southern Germany and Austria, Melkknechte were also referred to as Swiss and in reference to the Swiss Guard of Pope Küster, who (as was common in Italy until a few years ago) paid attention to the decent clothing of visitors at the entrance of important churches. According to the publications mentioned on the origin of family names, however, a professional name is not taken into account to explain the family name, especially since this meaning for Swiss people only emerged at a time when the family name had already been given.

Web links

Wiktionary: Swiss  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations