Fjodors

Latvian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s
Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós
Ancient Greek θεός (theós)
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom
Proto-Hellenic *dṓron
Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron)
Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros)lbor.
Old Church Slavonic Ѳеодоръ (Θeodorŭ)bor.
Russian Фёдор (Fjódor)bor.
Latvian Fjodors

    Borrowed from Russian Фёдор (Fjódor), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Ѳеодоръ (Θeodorŭ), a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1638.

    Proper noun

    Fjodors m

    1. a transliteration of the Russian male given name Фёдор (Fjódor)
    2. (uncommon) a male given name from Russian of Latvian speakers

    References

    • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
    • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Fjodors was the only given name of 1483 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
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