Etymology

Meinhardt

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

Old High German magin ← Proto-West Germanic *magan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*magan
  2. Old High German · derived frommagin“strength, might”
  3. English todayMeinhardt

From the German surname, from Old High German magin (“strength, might”) + hart (“brave, hardy, strong”). The first element is from Proto-West Germanic *magan.

Words from the same roots

Old High Germanmagin all →

Meinen

Proto-West Germanic*magan all →

maymainMeinMeinen

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.