Sigihart

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Sigihardu, from *sigi (“victory”) +‎ *hardu (“hard, brave”). Equivalent to sigu +‎ hart. Cognate with Old English Siġeheard.

Proper noun

Sigihart m (Bavarian, Alemannic)

  1. a male given name [8th–11th C. CE]

Descendants

  • Middle High German: Sigihert, Sigeharth (12th C.), Sigehart (12th-13th)
    • → Medieval Latin: Sigihardus (11th-13th C.), Sigehardus (12th-13th C.), Sighardus (12th-15th C.), Syhardus, Sygardus (14th C.)
    • German: Sieghart, Siegert, Sieghard, Sieghardt

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 18
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