Otgis

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apocopic form of *Ōtgīsal, from Proto-West Germanic *Audagīsl, from *aud (“wealth riches”) +‎ *gīsl (“hostage”). Equivalent to ōt +‎ gīsal. Cognate with Old English Ēadgils, early Old French Autchis, Autgiso.

Proper noun

Ōtgīs m (Alemannic)

  1. a male given name

References

  • Geuenich, Dieter, Ludwig, Uwe, editors (2019), “Lemmatisiertes Personennamenregister”, in Die St. Galler Verbrüderungsbücher (Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales et Necrologia, Nova series; IX) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 377: “a 422 aud~gīs”
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