German: ethnic name given in areas of mixed population to inhabitants speaking German rather than a Slavic language, from German
Deutsch German (Middle High German tiu(t)sch, Old High
German diutisk, from diot, deot, ‘people’,
‘nation’, from a Germanic root theudo).
Jewish
(Ashkenazic): regional name for someone who had migrated from a
German-speaking area to another part of Europe.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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