-willer
French
Alternative forms
- -viller
- -wihr
- -weiler, -weiller
Etymology
From Alemannic German -wiler, from Middle High German wīler, wīlære (“hamlet, farmstead”), from Old High German wīlāri (“hamlet, farmstead”), from Latin villāre (“farmstead, manor”). Cognate with German Weiler, Old French viller.
Suffix
-willer
- placename suffix found in Alsace, Lorraine, and adjacent areas of eastern France
Derived terms
- Adamswiller
- Allenwiller
- Altwiller
- Asswiller
- Attenschwiller
- Balschwiller
- Bernardswiller
- Bernwiller
- Berrwiller
- Bischwiller
- Bitschwiller
- Blienschwiller
- Bollwiller
- Buethwiller
- Buschwiller
- Buswiller
- Cosswiller
- Crœttwiller
- Dettwiller
- Dietswiller
- Eckartswiller
- Eywiller
- Eschentzwiller
- Eschwiller
- Frœschwiller
- Geiswiller
- Guebwiller
- Heidwiller
- Hengwiller
- Ingwiller
- Itterswiller
- Jetterswiller
- Kindwiller
- Kirrwiller
- Krautwiller
- Liebenswiller
- Mackwiller
- Mertzwiller
- Monswiller
- Morschwiller
- Munwiller
- Natzwiller
- Neewiller
- Neuwiller
- Otterswiller
- Ottwiller
- Reipertswiller
- Retschwiller
- Retzwiller
- Richwiller
- Roppentzwiller
- Scherwiller
- Stundwiller
- Uhlwiller
- Wattwiller
- Weiterswiller
- Wentzwiller
- Wolschwiller
- Zellwiller
- Zinswiller