Surname · also German
Kümmel
“caraway, cumin (seed)”
Kümmel is a surname from Middle High German, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in German.
Original GermanKümmell
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kümmel goes back to Proto-West Germanic *kumil, meaning “caraway, cumin (seed).”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kümmel comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German kümel, from Old High German kumil, from Proto-West Germanic *kumil (“caraway, cumin (seed)”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kümmel’s family of names
In German usage, Kümmel has a later derivative in KIMMEL. In German usage, Kümmel as a surname has a related form in Kümmell.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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