Woitin

== Old Dutch == === Etymology === The etymology is not completely clear. It is certainly a diminutive form of a first element Woit-. It is suggested that this first element comes from the given name *Waltheri, which was borrowed into Old French Waltier, and then reborrowed without the final -ier, resulting in Woit-. This theory is supported by the fact that in some later documents the name Boidīnus is found as an equivalent of Old Dutch *Baltwini, showing the same -alt- → -oit- change. === Proper noun === Woitīn m a male given name c. 1180 CE, De bij- en beroepsnamen van Germaanse oorsprong in de Westvlaamse oorkonden tot 1225 [The nicknames and job names of Germanic origin in West-Flemish charters up to 1225]; ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: woitijn, woitin === Further reading === G.J. Boekenoogen (1920), “De mansnaam Wuiten”, in Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde. Jaargang 40‎[1] (in Dutch), page 176