Madalhelm

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • Madalhalm, Madelhelm (Alemannic, 8th-9th C. CE)

Etymology

Equivalent to madal +‎ helm, derived from Proto-West Germanic *maþl (“assembly”) +‎ *helm (“helmet”).

Proper noun

Madalhelm m (Bavarian, Alemannic)

  1. a male given name [8th–9th C. CE]

Descendants

  • Middle High German: Madelhalm (12th C. CE)
  • → Medieval Latin: Madelhelmus

References

  • Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 8, column 12, line 22
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