Surname

Gewirtz

“spices”

Gewirtz is a surname from Yiddish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Gewirtz goes back to Yiddish געװירץ, meaning “spices.”

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Where it comes from

Gewirtz comes from Yiddish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Yiddish געװירץ (“spices”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gewirtz’s family of names

In English usage, Gewirtz as a surname shares a linguistic root with the German form Gewürz.

Walk Gewirtz’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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