Brill

brill English Etymology As an English surname, from Brill in Buckinghamshire, said to be from en cel-bry-pro *breɣ hill + en ang hyll hill. As a en nl - and north en de - surname, from en gml brul low wetland. Compare the variant en Bruehl. Also as a German surname, from the noun en Brille eyeglasses. As a Jewish surname, from a en he - acronym of he בן רבי ben rabi son of rabbi followed by a en yi - personal name, such as "Ben Rabbi Yehuda Levi".https://www.persee.fr/doc/rio_0048-8151_1965_num_17_4_1909 Proper noun en. en village/and/cpar in co/Buckinghamshire cc/England previously in dist/Aylesbury Vale OS grid ref SP6514. Parish map (Buckinghamshire) en hamlet par/Constantine south-west co/Cornwall cc/England OS grid ref SW7229. en neighbourhood town/Elberfeld city/Wuppertal s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany. en ucomm town:pref/Oak Grove co/Barron County s/Wisconsin c/USA. TopoZone: Brill, Wisconsin Derived terms en Brill Building en Brill-Zinsser disease References East Central German Etymology Compare de Brille. Noun gmw-ecg noun plural Brilln f gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch glasses References 26 Pennsylvania German Etymology From pdc gmh brille, gmh berille, from gmh berillus beryl, from pdc la beryllus beryl. Compare de Brille, nl bril. Noun pdc noun f plural Brille glasses, spectacles