English
Gasser
Gasser may come from Middle High German gazze.
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350gazzeuncertain
- EnglishtodayGasser
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350gazzeuncertain
- EnglishtodayGasser
The story
German, Swiss German, and Jewish topographic surname for one who lived in a side street or alley, from a derivative of Middle High German gazze, German Gasse, or Yiddish gas.
Every English word from Middle High German gazze
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle High German gazze / Gasser