Zimber
Zimber used as a surname and believed to be Germanic but the meaning is undefined. Used as a surname in Eastern Europe since the 17th Century.
Zimber may be a variant of the German word Kimber or members of a historic second century Germanic ethnic group.[1] Now called the Cimbri.[2] Kimber (name) is also a forename and surname.
Zimber and Zimmer is a German exonym for Cembra and related to the Cimbri ancestry.
Zimber may also be a corruption of Zimble(r) or Tsimbl.[3] This was an ancient medieval stringed instrument played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. This instrument is similar to a Psaltery, Dulcimer or Cymbalom.[4] Note: The German word Zimbel is cymbal (music), while Zimbal is Cymbalom.[3]
People with this or similar surname
- Diana Zimber, a member of the Tommy Gorman family
- Liane Zimbler, née Juliana Fischer - an early female architect
Places
- Zimber or Zimmers, a German exonyms name for the Italian Cembra a municipality of Trentino
See also
This page lists people with the surname Zimber.
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References
- ^ "On-line Dictionary". Seadict.com. 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2013. Auf Deutsch: Kimber, der; -s, -n: Angehöriger eines germanischen Volksstammes.
- ^ "Cimbri (people)". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ a b edited by Olaf Thyen; Michael Clark; Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht; John Bradbury Sykes (1999). "The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary: German-English, English-German". dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
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