1: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor literally ‘cutter’ from Middle High German snīder German Schneider Yiddish shnayder. The same term was sometimes used to denote a woodcutter. [...]
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What is the origin of the name Schneider?
1: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor literally ‘cutter’ from Middle High German snīder German Schneider Yiddish shnayder. The same term was sometimes used to denote a woodcutter. [...]