English
Meier
Meier comes from German Meier ‘administrator or leaseholder of a manor’, and goes back to Old High German meior.
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050meior
- Germanc. 1650–presentMeier‘administrator or leaseholder of a manor’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050meior
- Germanc. 1650–presentMeier‘administrator or leaseholder of a manor’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Old High German meior
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old High German meior / Meier