> Is there any site about German surnames' etymology?
>
> I'd like to know the origin of surname Dungel.
Though this site deals with early medieval Dutch names, it has some
very useful information that pertains to Germanic names from other
regions:
http://www.keesn.nl/names/en4_list_ele.htm
http://www.keesn.nl/names/en3_rules.htm
I don't know what Dungel might mean (doesn't even look very Germanic
to me), but Gel is listed on the afore-mentioned site as
meaning "merry, lascivious, horny" (though the site's author does not
list it as being an attested second element in any recorded medieval
Dutch names). There was an old Germanic word *duniz meaning "loud,
noisy" (giving English din), so maybe the name might mean "Loud and
Merry"?
- Chris Gwinn