Etymograph

English

Schultz

Schultz comes from German Schultheiß ‘a mayor in medieval Germany’, from Old High German sculdheizo ‘arbiter’, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō ‘one who settles debts, a legal officer’.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skuldihaitijō‘one who settles debts, a legal officer’reconstructed
  2. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sculdheizo‘arbiter’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schultheize
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentSchultheiß‘a mayor in medieval Germany’
  5. German, derivedc. 1650–presentSchultz
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skuldihaitijō‘one who settles debts, a legal officer’reconstructed
  2. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sculdheizo‘arbiter’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schultheize
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentSchultheiß‘a mayor in medieval Germany’
  5. German, derivedc. 1650–presentSchultz
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō

Today it means

name A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].

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

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō / Schultz

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