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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Harjawaldaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *harjaz (“army”) + *waldą (“authority”)
Compare to Proto-Celtic *Duβnowalos and its attestation Dubnovaldus in medieval Latin.
Proper noun
*Harjawaldaz m
- A male given name
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *Harjawaldaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *Harjawaldaz | *Harjawaldōz, *Harjawaldōs | |
| vocative | *Harjawald | *Harjawaldōz, *Harjawaldōs | |
| accusative | *Harjawaldą | *Harjawaldanz | |
| genitive | *Harjawaldas, *Harjawaldis | *Harjawaldǫ̂ | |
| dative | *Harjawaldai | *Harjawaldamaz | |
| instrumental | *Harjawaldō | *Harjawaldamiz | |
Descendants
- Old English: Hereweald
- English: Harold
- Old Norse: Haraldr
- Icelandic: Haraldur
- Faroese: Haraldur
- Norwegian: Harald
- Swedish: Harald
- Danish: Harald
- German: Harald
- Estonian: Harald
- Latin: Haroldus
- Italian: Araldo
- French: Hérault
- Latin: Chariovalda (Attested by Tacitus[1])
- → Latvian: Haralds
- → Finnish: Harjavalta
References
- Tacitus, The Annals 2.11