The story
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*Þeudubalþ
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromTheudebaldus
- English todayTheudebald
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Theudebaldus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Þeudubalþ, from *þeudō (“people”) + *balþaz (“bright, shining”). Doublet of Theobald.
Words from the same roots
Proto-West Germanic*Þeudubalþ all →
Theobald
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.