Diotmar

Old High German

Alternative forms

Teotmar (Bavarian), Deotmar (Bavarian, Alemannic, 8th-9th C. CE)
Tiotmar (Rhine Franconian)
Detmar (10th C.)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Þeudumār, from Proto-Germanic *Þeudōmēraz. Equivalent to diot (“people, tribe”) +‎ māri (“great, storied”).

Proper noun

Diotmar m

(Bavarian) a male given name [from the late 9th C. CE]

Descendants

Middle High German: Dietmar
- German: Dietmar
- → Medieval Latin: Dietmarus (11th-14th C.), Tietmarus (11th-13th C.), Tiethmarus (12th or 13th C.), Diemarus (12th-13th C.), Ditmarus (12th-14th C.)
  - Renaissance Latin: Dietmarus (14th-15th C.), Dytmarus (14th C.), Dyetmarus (14th or 15th C.)

References

Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, page 28