Etymograph

English

Seidel

Seidel comes from German Seidel ‘tankard’, from Medieval Latin situlum ‘Mediaeval form of situla’, and ultimately from Latin situla ‘a bucket or pail, especially one used to draw…’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsitula‘a bucket or pail, especially one used to draw water from a well’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500situlum‘Mediaeval form of situla’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sīdel
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentSeidel‘tankard’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsitula‘a bucket or pail, especially one used to draw water from a well’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500situlum‘Mediaeval form of situla’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sīdel
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentSeidel‘tankard’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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

Etymograph / Latin situla / Seidel