Sigifrid

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Sigifriþu, from Proto-Germanic *Sigifriþuz. Equivalent to sigu (“victory”) +‎ fridu (“peace”). First attested in the 8th C. CE

Proper noun

Sigifrid m

  1. (Bavarian) a male given name

Descendants

  • Middle High German: Sîfrit
    • German: Siegfried (see there for further descendants)

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 6
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