English
Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg comes from German Zuckerberg.
- Germanc. 1650–presentZuckerberg
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentZuckerberg
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
Earliest quotation: 2012, Bill Simmons, NBA Trade Value, Part 1: “If there hadn't been 2,000 witnesses, I would have…”
A compound of Zucker ‘sugar’ + Berg ‘mountain’
Old High German zuckar
Italian zucchero ‘sugar (all senses)’
Middle High German zucker ‘sugar’
German Zucker ‘sugar’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise up, be elevated’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos ‘hill’
Proto-Germanic *bergaz ‘hill, mountain’
Proto-West Germanic *berg ‘hill, mountain’
Old High German bërg ‘mountain, hill’
Middle High German bërc ‘a mountain’
German Berg ‘mountain’
Every English word from German Zuckerberg
Today it means
name An Ashkenazic Jewish surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Zuckerberg / Zuckerberg