Koehl
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 Cabbage harvest illustration, Tacuinum Sanitatis (15th century). | |
| Pronunciation | German pronunciation: [køːl] French pronunciation: [kœl] |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Upper German |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Middle High German: kōl, kœl, kœle Old High German: kōlo Latin: caulis ("stalk", "stem") |
| Word/name | Standard German: Kohl |
| Meaning | Cabbage |
| Region of origin | Alsace, Bavaria, Swabia, Switzerland |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Köhl (Francisation: Kœhl) |
| Cognate(s) | Kohl |
Koehl, also transliterated Köhl, is an Upper German surname constituting a metaphonic variant of the Standard German surname Kohl, derived from the cognate word kohl, meaning cabbage. It tends to originate as an occupational name for a cultivator or merchant of the crops.[1]
People
[edit]- Albert Koehl (born 1959), Canadian lawyer and writer
- Albert Köhl (1879–1954), German-Swedish chef de cuisine
- Dan Koehl (born 1959), French-Swedish elephant trainer
- Ditmar Koel (1500–1563), German politician
- Émile Koehl (1921–2013), French politician
- Georg Köhl (1910–1944), German football player
- Hermann Köhl (1888–1938), German aviator
- Laurent Koehl (born 1971), French tenor
- M. A. R. Koehl (born 1948), American marine biologist and Professor at University of California, Berkeley
- Matthias Koehl (1935–2014), American U.S. Marine, and political activist
- Keith Koehl, American Catholic prelate
- Robert B. Koehl, American archaeologist
- Robert Lewis Koehl (1922–2015), U.S. Army Intelligence surveyor, and Professor Emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Wade Koehl (born 1984), American football player
Other
[edit]- Koehl Lab, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Duden Familiennamen, Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2, S. 389
- ^ "Koehl Lab - UC Berkeley".
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