The dressler Surname
dressler Name Meaning and History
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a turner,
from Middle High German dreseler or dræselære
(formed by the addition of a superfluous agent suffix to Old High
German drasil ‘turner’, a primary derivative of
draen ‘turn’, ‘spin’). A turner would make small objects not
just from wood, but also from bone, ivory, and amber, all of which
were widely used in the Middle Ages for their decorative value.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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