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name
A surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Carpenter for a carpenter from Dutch timmer (“construction, room”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
timber
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, uncountable
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History
* As a Dutch and north German surname, from Timmer (“timber”). * Also as a north German surname, variant of Thiemer, Dittmar, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *þeudu (“people”) + *mari (“famous”).
Across languages
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