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Zimber used as a surname and believed to be Germanic but the meaning is undefined. Used as a surname in Eastern Europe since the 17th Century. Zimber may be a variant of the German word Kimber or members of a historic second century Germanic ethnic group.〔 Auf Deutsch: Kimber, der; -s, -n: Angehöriger eines germanischen Volksstammes.〕 Now called the Cimbri. Kimber (name) is also a forename and surname. Zimber and Zimmer is a German exonym for Cembra and related to the Cimbri ancestry. Zimber may also be a corruption of Zimble(r) or Tsimbl.〔 Page 849〕 This was an ancient medieval stringed instrument played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. This instrument is similar to a Psaltery, Dulcimer or Cymbalom. Note: The German word Zimbel is cymbal (music), while Zimbal is Cymbalom.〔 ==People with this or similar surname== * Diana Zimber, a member of the Tommy Gorman family * Liane Zimbler, née Juliana Fischer - an early female architect 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zimber」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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