Teodors

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.
Latvian Teodors

    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). First recorded in 1545.

    Proper noun

    Teodors m

    1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Theodore

    References

    • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
    • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Teodors was the only given name of 356 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
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