Otmar

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Otmar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈotmar]

Proper noun

Otmar m anim

  1. a male given name

Declension

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German Ōtmar.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Otmar m (proper noun, strong, genitive Otmars)

  1. a male given name from Old High German

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • Aotmar (Bavarian, Alemannic, 8th C. CE)
  • Oatmar (Alemannic)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Audamār, from *aud (treasure) +‎ *mār (famous). Equivalent to ōt +‎ mār. Cognate with Old English Ēadmǣr.

Proper noun

Ōtmār m (Alemannic, Bavarian)

  1. a male given name [8th–9th C. CE]

Descendants

  • Middle High German: Otmaring
    • German: Otmar
    • Medieval Latin: Othmarus, Otmamarus (10th, 12th C.)

References

  • Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 43, column 103, line 47