Addo

See also: ADDO, addo, addò, and addö

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈad.do/
  • Rhymes: -addo
  • Hyphenation: Àd‧do

Proper noun

Addo m

  1. a male given name

Anagrams

Old Dutch

Etymology

Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *attô (“father”) (whence Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta) and obsolete Dutch ette). Compare Old English Adda and Old Norse Atti.

Proper noun

Addo m

  1. a male given name

Declension

Though the expected declension of a name ending on -o would be an-stem, place-names show that a-stem declension may also have been used:

Declension of Addo (masculine an-stem noun - no plural)
case singular
nominative Addo
accusative Addon
genitive Addin
dative Addin
Declension of Addo (masculine a-stem noun - contracted - no plural)
case singular
nominative Addo
accusative Addo
genitive Addes
dative Adde

Further reading

  • Maurits Gysseling (1982), “Noordwesteuropese persoonsnaambestanddelen”, in Naamkunde. Jaargang 14‎[1] (in Dutch), page 86
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