 The name originally described a settlement on a floodplain ("Aue" in German) with ash trees ("Eschen" in German) growing on it.The village’s name, Gumbsweiler, has the common German placename ending "—weiler", which as a standalone word means "hamlet" (originally "homestead"), to which is prefixed a syllable "Gumbs—".Most of the villages with names ending in "—weiler" arose in the early period of the Frankish takeover of the land.