Reginheri

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • Raginhari, Raginheri (8th C. CE)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Raginahari, from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharjaz. Equivalent to *regin (“power, might”) +‎ heri (“army”). First attested in the 8th C.

Proper noun

Reginheri m

  1. a male given name of the 8th and 9th C., including Reginhar, Bishop of Passau.

Descendants

  • → Early Medieval Latin: Reginharius (9th C.)
  • Middle High German: Reginher (12th C.)
    • → Medieval Latin: Regenherus, Reginherus (12th C.), Reinherus, Reinherius (12th-14th C.), Reynherus (14th C.), Rainherus (12th or 13th C.)
    • German: Rainer, Reiner

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 7, column 8, line 14
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