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ArchivesRe: Theodore/Theodoric...?
in reply to a message by Sabertooth
It looks so.
The first elements - Greek "theos" in Theodore and the Germanic "*þeudo" in the original form of Theodoric - just happen to sound and be written similary, but are from languages far apart and with rather different meanings.
The Wikipedia article gives a lot of background info about Theodoric:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoric
It's interesting that in German, one name that goes back to Theodoric is Dietrich, and Theodore is present as almost unmodified Theodor. And Dietrich versus Theodor is quite a difference now!
The first elements - Greek "theos" in Theodore and the Germanic "*þeudo" in the original form of Theodoric - just happen to sound and be written similary, but are from languages far apart and with rather different meanings.
The Wikipedia article gives a lot of background info about Theodoric:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoric
It's interesting that in German, one name that goes back to Theodoric is Dietrich, and Theodore is present as almost unmodified Theodor. And Dietrich versus Theodor is quite a difference now!
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