Etymograph

English

Kessler

Kessler comes from German Kessler ‘kettler, kettle-smith, tinker’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKessler‘kettler, kettle-smith, tinker’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKessler‘kettler, kettle-smith, tinker’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001same form

Earliest quotation: 2001, Lin Alder, Utah town goes ‘U.N. free’: “The “law” [Duane] Kessler refers to was passed by…”

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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

Etymograph / German Kessler / Kessler