Berhthold

== Old High German == === Alternative forms === Perhtold (Bavarian, 8th C.) Perhtholt (Alemannic, 8-9th C. CE) Perhtolt (Bavarian, Alemannic, 8th-11th C. CE) Perahtolt, Peractolt, Peretolt (Alemannic, 9th C.) Perhttolt (Bavarian, 9th C.) Perechtolt, Perectholt (Alemannic, 10th C.) Pertholt (Bavarian, Alemannic, 10th-11th C.) === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *Berhtawald, from *berht (“bright”) +‎ *wald (“might”). Equivalent to berht +‎ walt. Cognate with Old English Beorhtweald. Possible merger with a name containing hold (“loyal, friendly”) as the second element (perhaps compare Old High German Engilhult and Old Saxon Othelhulda), though this identification remains difficult to substantiate with certainty. === Proper noun === Berhthold m a male given name ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: Perihtolt (11th C.), Pertolt, Perhtolth (11th-12th C.), Perhtolt, Pertholt (11th-13th C.), Perhtold (11th-14th C.), Pertolth (12th or 13th C.), Berhtolt (12th-13th C.), Perthold (12th-14th C.) German: Berthold → Medieval Latin: Berahtoldus (1007 CE), Bertoldus, Bertholdus, Peritholdus (12th C.), Berhtoltus, Berhtoldus, Berehtoldus (12th-13th C.), Pertholdus, Perhtoldus (11th-14th C.), Pertoldus, Perchtoldus (12th-14th C.), Perichtoldus, Berchtoldus (13th-14th C.) Renaissance Latin: Bertoldus, Pertoldus, Perchtoldus === References ===