Woitin
Old Dutch
Etymology
The etymology is not completely clear. It is certainly a diminutive form of a first element Woit-. It is suggested that this first element comes from the given name *Waltheri, which was borrowd into Old French Waltier, and then reborrowed without the final -ier, resulting in Woit-. This theory is supported by the fact that in some later documents the name Boidīnus is found as an equivalent of Old Dutch *Baltwini, showing the same -alt- → -oit- change.
Proper noun
Woitīn m
- a male given name
- c. 1180 CE, De bij- en beroepsnamen van Germaanse oorsprong in de Westvlaamse oorkonden tot 1225 [The nicknames and job names of Germanic origin in West-Flemish charters up to 1225];
- c. 1180 CE, De bij- en beroepsnamen van Germaanse oorsprong in de Westvlaamse oorkonden tot 1225 [The nicknames and job names of Germanic origin in West-Flemish charters up to 1225];
Declension
Declension of Woitīn (masculine a-stem noun - no plural)
| case | singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Woitīn |
| accusative | Woitīn |
| genitive | Woitīnes |
| dative | Woitīne |
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: woitijn, woitin
Further reading
- G.J. Boekenoogen (1920) “De mansnaam Wuiten”, in Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde. Jaargang 40[1] (in Dutch), page 176