Last name origin & meaning: German: occupational name for a lime burner, from Middle High
German kalc ‘chalk’, ‘lime’ (see Kalk) + brenner
‘burner’. Lime (calcium carbonate) is a product of some historical
importance, obtained from limestone by heating (‘burning’). It had
various agricultural, domestic, and industrial applications, including
fertilizing soil, treating furniture, bleaching, and making mortar.
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