Poppo

See also: poppo and poppò

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • Pūpo (8th or 9th C.)
  • Pōpo, Puopo (8th-11th C. CE)
  • Puobo (10th C.)

Etymology

The hypocoristic form of a name such as Folcmar.[1]

Proper noun

Pōppo m

  1. a male given name [9th–11th C. CE]

Descendants

  • Middle High German: Pobpo (11th C.), Pōbo, Puobo, Buobo (12th or 13th C.), (historical, 11th-14th C.) Popo, Poppo

References

  1. ^ Max Gottschald (1952) [1932] Deutsche Namenkunde‎[1] (in German), 5th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, published 2010, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30: “Solche Lallnamen sind seit alter Zeit bis heute geläufig. Im 11. Jahrhundert wird der Abt Poppo von Stablo-Malmedy bezeugt. Poppo ist Lallname aus Folcmar. ― Such lallnames have been common since ancient times until today. The abbot Poppo of Stavelot-Malmedy is attested in the 11th Century. Poppo is a lallname from Folcmar.”
  • 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 17, column 39, line 2
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