Etymograph

English

Schlichter

Schlichter comes from German Schlichter ‘agent noun of schlichten’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentSchlichter‘agent noun of schlichten’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentSchlichter‘agent noun of schlichten’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Occupational surname, borrowed from German Schlichter.

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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

Etymograph / German Schlichter / Schlichter