Given name
Gislhere
“hostage”·“army”
Gislhere is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gislhere is built from elements meaning “hostage” and “army”.
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Where it comes from
Gislhere comes from Proto-West Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Gīslahari, from Proto-Germanic *Gīslaharjaz, built from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz (“hostage”) + *harjaz (“army”).
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Gislhere’s family of names
In Old English usage, Gislhere shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form Gisalheri.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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