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The first element of this Germanic name comes from Old High German #gund# "war." The meaning and origin of the second element is rather uncertain: we know that it comes from #mâtha# but we don't exactly know where #mâtha# itself comes from. It is probably derived from Gallic #matu# "good" or from Anglo-Saxon #maedh# "honour, respect." It might also be a blend of one of the aforementioned elements with #mahti# "power" or Gothic #mathl# "meeting place." Gundomad was the name of a 4th-century king of the Alamanni, a Germanic tribe.