Släkthistoria för Pestell
Pestell Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English pestel(le) ‘pestle tool used to grind items in a mortar’ (Old French pestel Latin pistillum) probably a nickname for someone who used a pestle such as a spicer or a compounder of drugs. Some of the early bearers may belong under (2). possibly also from a lost or as yet unidentified place.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
