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Help[Facts] Re: Gehl
in reply to a message by Wolfine
I found four meanings of it, all of them suggesting that Gehl is German:
1. from the short form of an old personal name formed with Middle High German geil ‘voluptuous’, ‘mischievous’, ‘rich’.
2. from an Old Frisian personal name formed with a cognate of Old High German modal ‘ancestral estate’, ‘home country’.
3. nickname for someone with blond hair or a pale complexion, from Middle Low German, Middle High German gel ‘yellow’, ‘blond’.
4. in eastern Germany, from a much altered short form of the personal name Daniel.
1. from the short form of an old personal name formed with Middle High German geil ‘voluptuous’, ‘mischievous’, ‘rich’.
2. from an Old Frisian personal name formed with a cognate of Old High German modal ‘ancestral estate’, ‘home country’.
3. nickname for someone with blond hair or a pale complexion, from Middle Low German, Middle High German gel ‘yellow’, ‘blond’.
4. in eastern Germany, from a much altered short form of the personal name Daniel.
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