Etymograph

English

Fiedler

Fiedler comes from German Fiedler ‘fiddler’, and goes back to Old High German fidula.

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050fidula
  2. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350videle
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentFiedel‘violin, fiddle’
  4. German, derivedc. 1650–presentFiedler‘fiddler’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050fidula
  2. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350videle
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentFiedel‘violin, fiddle’
  4. German, derivedc. 1650–presentFiedler‘fiddler’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Occupational surname, borrowed from German Fiedler (‘fiddler’).

Every English word from Old High German fidula

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old High German fidula / Fiedler

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