Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ
Proto-Norse
editPronunciation
editThe 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
editCompound of *ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛉ (*hugiʀ, “thought; mind, spirit, heart”) + *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ, “play, sport”). Cognate with Old English Hygelāc.
Proper noun
edit*ᚺᚢᚷᛁᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*hugilaikaʀ /Hugilaikaʀ/) m
- a male given name
- Hygelac, a king of the Geats
Descendants
edit- Old Norse: Hugleikr
- → Latin: Chochilaicus, Hugilaicus