Given name
Berhtgis
“bright”·“hostage”
Berhtgis is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Berhtgis is built from elements meaning “bright” and “hostage”.
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How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Berhtagīsl, built from Proto-West Germanic *berht (“bright”) + *gīsl (“hostage”).
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Berhtgis’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Berhtgis shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Beorhtgisl. In Old High German usage, Berhtgis has a related form in Perhtkis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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