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Originally Posted by Antagon

You're welcome. Doubtful due to the ending of -er, which rather refers back to the person (i.e: he who cries). But who knows? Might as well be. Surnames can get really crazy in the German language, making the etymology kind of muddled. There are literally people named "Bauernfeind" around here, which translates to "Enemy of farmers".

oh ha ha ha ha that name is like... attila the hun!

anyway weiner is he who cries

but weiner SMITH (schmidt, same difference) is a what?

a crafstsman, a maker

eg
blacksmith
silversmith

therefore
a maker of “he who cries”!