German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a carpenter Middle High German zimberman (a compound of zimber zim(m)er ‘timber wood’ + man ‘man’) German Zimmermann.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a carpenter Middle High German zimberman (a compound of zimber zim(m)er ‘timber wood’ + man ‘man’) German Zimmermann.