Erpo

Old Dutch

Etymology

Derived from *erp (“brown, dark”), related to Old English eorp, Old High German erpf and Old Norse jarpr.

Proper noun

Erpo m

  1. a male given name

Declension

Though the expected declension of a name ending on -o would be an-stem, place-names show that a-stem declension may also have been used:

Declension of Erpo (masculine an-stem noun - no plural)
case singular
nominative Erpo
accusative Erpon
genitive Erpin
dative Erpin
Declension of Erpo (masculine a-stem noun - contracted - no plural)
case singular
nominative Erpo
accusative Erpo
genitive Erpes
dative Erpe

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: Erpe

Further reading

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