Ratolt

== Old High German == === Alternative forms === Hratolt (Bavarian, rare, 8th or 9th C.) Hratold (Bavarian, rare, 9th C.) Rattolt (9th C. CE) === Etymology === Probably inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Rādawald, from *rād (“advice, counsel”) +‎ *wald (“power, authority”). Equivalent to rāt +‎ walt. Cognate with Old English Rǣdweald. Rare older forms with Hrat- probably exhibit Bavarian h-prothesis. Alternatively derived from Proto-West Germanic *hrad (“quick”) +‎ *wald with h-apheresis regular in Old High German by the late 9th C.. First attested in the late 8th or early 9th C.. === Proper noun === Ratolt m (Bavarian, Alemannic) a male given name ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: Ratold (11th C.) → Early Medieval Latin: Radoaldus, Radaldus (8th or 9th C.), Rataldus, Ratoldus (9th C.) === References === Geuenich, Dieter, Ludwig, Uwe, editors (2019), “Lemmatisiertes Personennamenregister”, in Die St. Galler Verbrüderungsbücher (Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales et Necrologia, Nova series; IX) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 436: “r 34 rād~wald” Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 7, column 8, line 14 P. Carolo Meichelbeck (1724), Historiæ Frisingensis (in Latin), Tomus Primi, Augustæ Vindel. et Græcii: Sumptibus Philippi, Martini et Joannis Veith, Fratrum, →DOI, →OCLC, page 184