Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Harjawaldaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *harjaz (“army”) +‎ *waldaz (“ruler, authority”). Compare *Waldaharjaz, composed of the same elements but in the reverse order.

Proper noun

*Harjawaldaz m

a male given name

Inflection

Declension of *Harjawaldaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular
nominative	*Harjawaldaz
vocative	*Harjawald
accusative	*Harjawaldą
genitive	Harjawaldas, Harjawaldis
dative	*Harjawaldai
instrumental	*Harjawaldō

Descendants

Old English: Hereweald
- English: Harold
Proto-Norse: *ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᚹᚨᛚᛞᚨᛉ (*harjawaldaʀ), *ᚺᚨᚱᛁᚹᚨᛚᛞᚨᛉ (*hariwaldaʀ)
- Old Norse: Haraldr
  - Icelandic: Haraldur
  - Faroese: Haraldur
  - Norwegian: Harald, Hareld
  - Swedish: Harald
  - Danish: Harald
  - → Old English: Harold
    - English: Harold
  - → German: Harald
  - → Estonian: Harald
  - → Latvian: Haralds
→ Finnish: Harjavalta
→ Latin: Chariovalda (Attested by Tacitus^[1])
Suevic or Gothic:
- → Latin: Arvaldus
  - Galician: Albarde (place name)
From an unknown later Germanic language:
- → Latin: Haroldus
  - Italian: Araldo
  - French: Héraut

References

^ Tacitus, The Annals 2.11

[1] Tacitus, The Annals 2.11

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