Given name
Goteskalk
“god”·“servant”
Goteskalk is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Goteskalk is built from elements meaning “god” and “servant”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Godaskalk, built from Proto-West Germanic *god (“god”) + *skalk (“servant”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Goteskalk’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Goteskalk shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Godescealc. In Old High German usage, Goteskalk has a related form in Cotescalch. In Old High German usage, Goteskalk has a related form in Cotescalh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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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