Type Word & Element
Usage Old High German [1]
Meaning & History
Old High German word meaning "victory".
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturessige(Anglo-Saxon) sigi(Frankish) sigis(Gothic) segiz(Old Germanic) sigr(Old Norse) sigi(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsSigeberht, Sigeweard(Anglo-Saxon) Zikmund(Czech) Sigurd(Danish) Sjoerd, Sieger, Sieuwerd(Dutch) Seward, Sigmund(English) Ségolène(French) Siet, Sikke, Sjoerd(Frisian) Siegbert, Siegfried, Sieghard, Sieglinde, Siegmar, Siegmund, Sigmund, Sieghild, Siegward, Sigismund(German) Sigdag, Sigibert, Sigifrid, Sigihard, Sigiheri, Sigihild, Sigilina, Sigilind, Sigimar, Sigimund, Sigismund, Sigiwald, Sigiward, Siward(Germanic) Siegfried, Sieglinde(Germanic Mythology) Zsigmond(Hungarian) Sigmundur, Sigurður(Icelandic) Sigfrido, Sigismondo(Italian) Zigmārs(Latvian) Sievert(Low German) Sigmund, Sigmundr, Sigurd, Sigurðr(Norse Mythology) Sigmund, Sigurd, Sivert, Sjurd(Norwegian) Sigiberhtaz, Sigifriþuz, Sigimundaz, Sigiwardaz(Old Germanic) Sigfrøðr, Sigmundr, Sigurðr(Old Norse) Zygfryd, Zygmunt(Polish) Žigmund(Slovak) Segismundo, Sigfrido(Spanish) Sigurd, Sigvard, Sigfrid, Sivert(Swedish)
Sources & References
- Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 430.
