English Explanatory Dictionary

timmer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. timber
name
  1. A surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Carpenter for a carpenter from Dutch timmer (“construction, room”).

Word forms

timmer timmers Timmerman Timmermans

Etymology

* 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”).

Derived words

belly-timmer
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