Given name
ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ
“fame”
ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (hlewagastiʀ) is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European, meaning “fame.” It is used in Proto-Norse.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ comes from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (“fame”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest”), built from Proto-Norse *ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᛉ (“fame”) + *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (“guest”).
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ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ’s family of names
In Proto-Norse usage, ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ shares a linguistic root with the Proto-Slavic form Gostislavъ. In Proto-Norse usage, ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ can be written in the Roman alphabet as hlewagastiʀ.
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Across languages 1
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