Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Harjawaldaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *harjaz (“army”) +‎ *waldą (“authority”)

Compare to Proto-Celtic *Duβnowalos and its attestation Dubnovaldus in medieval Latin.

Proper noun

*Harjawaldaz m

A male given name

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *Harjawaldaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*Harjawaldaz	Harjawaldōz, Harjawaldōs
vocative	*Harjawald	Harjawaldōz, Harjawaldōs
accusative	*Harjawaldą	*Harjawaldanz
genitive	Harjawaldas, Harjawaldis	*Harjawaldǫ̂
dative	*Harjawaldai	*Harjawaldamaz
instrumental	*Harjawaldō	*Harjawaldamiz

Descendants

Old English: Hereweald
- English: Harold
Old Norse: Haraldr
- Icelandic: Haraldur
- Faroese: Haraldur
- Norwegian: Harald
- Swedish: Harald
- Danish: Harald
- German: Harald
- Estonian: Harald
Latin: Haroldus
- Italian: Araldo
- French: Hérault
Latin: Chariovalda (Attested by Tacitus[1])
→ Latvian: Haralds
→ Finnish: Harjavalta

References

Tacitus, The Annals 2.11

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[1] Tacitus, The Annals 2.11