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Help[Facts] Re: Latinization of Germanic names.
in reply to a message by Lucille
Hi Lucille,
First of all - you are right of course: Germanic K-names are latinized with a C.
Yes, there is a latinized version of Gottlieb: Godelivus. Maybe there are some more versions, but I just know of this one.
In addition to the information for Gottlieb given here on the site, the name Gottlieb is older and not created in the 17th century. In the 17th century the name got a new meaning.
Originally it was a newer form of the Old High German name Goteleib (got = God, leib = descendent, son) and in the 17th century the last part of the name was understood to mean "love", because of the word "lieb" = love, dear. So that Old German name was used as a "translation" for the Latin name "Amadeus" and vice versa. So "Amadeus" would be another possibility of a latinized Gottlieb!
Regards, Satu
First of all - you are right of course: Germanic K-names are latinized with a C.
Yes, there is a latinized version of Gottlieb: Godelivus. Maybe there are some more versions, but I just know of this one.
In addition to the information for Gottlieb given here on the site, the name Gottlieb is older and not created in the 17th century. In the 17th century the name got a new meaning.
Originally it was a newer form of the Old High German name Goteleib (got = God, leib = descendent, son) and in the 17th century the last part of the name was understood to mean "love", because of the word "lieb" = love, dear. So that Old German name was used as a "translation" for the Latin name "Amadeus" and vice versa. So "Amadeus" would be another possibility of a latinized Gottlieb!
Regards, Satu
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