Given name
Diotger
“people, tribe”·“spear”
Diotger is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Diotger is built from elements meaning “people, tribe” and “spear”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Þeudugaiʀ, built from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu (“people, tribe”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Diotger’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Diotger shares a linguistic root with the Old Dutch form Thiatger. In Old High German usage, Diotger has a related form in Deotker. In Old High German usage, Diotger has a related form in Deotkēr.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Diotkervariant · Old High German
- Deotkervariant · Old High German
- Diatgervariant · Old High German
- Theotkervariant · Old High German
- Diotkērvariant · Old High German
- Diatgērvariant · Old High German
- Thiatgērvariant · Old High German
- Theotkērvariant · Old High German
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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