Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Pronunciation

The spelling of the Latin borrowing Chochilaicus, which represents both the h and g in this name with the digraph ch, indicates that both of the two sounds were fricatives, probably an unvoiced velar fricative /x/ and a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/, respectively.

Etymology

Compound of *ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛉ (*hugiʀ, “thought; mind, spirit, heart”) +‎ *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ, “play, sport”). Cognate with Old English Hygelāc.

Proper noun

*ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*hugilaikaʀ /Hugilaikaʀ/) m

a male given name
Hygelac, a king of the Geats

Descendants

Old Norse: Hugleikr
→ Latin: Chochilaicus, Hugilaicus

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