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Butters’ ancestry?
exartiem:
--- Quote from: Vodyanoy on August 23, 2019, 09:21:13 PM ---I’d never heard of Khazar society, or the etymological roots of the name Waldo. Thank you, I’ve learned something new today and it’s only 7 am!
The origins of his name make me wonder more about this. Now, whether it’s by design or just coincidence, I guess we won’t know until later.
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I thought 'wald' meant forest. As in schwartzwald = black forest.
Avernite:
--- Quote from: exartiem on September 07, 2019, 04:54:48 PM ---I thought 'wald' meant forest. As in schwartzwald = black forest.
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It's eminently possible that Waldo comes from a different word, and google supports it at least; of course English has 'wield' which is similar.
The German wald for forest is a different derivation.
Regenbogen:
Honestly, I don't know any man called Waldo in Germany. But that doesn't mean, there aren't any.
Maybe the name is a version of Walter. The first part of that name comes from Old High German 'waltan' which means 'to rule'.
Walter or Walther would mean 'leader of the army'
I just found an old book about names and their origins from 1973. Waldo is listed as a short form or nickname for 'Waldemar' for example.
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