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I have heard of names derived from "amal" like Amalgunde or Amalie. But none of my books draws a line from "amal" to Emil(y). This is usually explained as being from Latin "aemulus", which originally means "industrious, eager" and later "ricval" (others say, it's from the Greek word aimylios for "clever").
The meaning of "amal" seems to be uncertain, it's part of the name of the "Amalungen" or "Amaler" (no idea what these are called in English), a royal family of the Ostrogoths in the 5th/6th century.
"Teutonic" is not really a language, it's just another word for "Germanic". The Teutons were a Germanic tribe (I think they originally came from Denmark) and together with the Timbers the almost conquered the Roman Empire around 100 B.C.

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Andy ;—)