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Help[Facts] Re: Baudovinia/Baudonivia
in reply to a message by thegriffon
Förstemann (1900) discards a connection between OS Badu, OHG Batu and a name element BAUD, but you have a point here. The French shift of al to au occurred probably too late to explain the Baud- in Baudovinia/Baudonivia. Förstemann suggests a derivation from Ancient German beudan, Gothic biudan, "to command". This name element occurs later in names like Bodo.
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