Addo

See also: ADDO, addo, addò, and addö

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈad.do/
• Rhymes: -addo
• Hyphenation: Àd‧do

Proper noun

Addo m

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• dado

Old Dutch

Etymology

Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *attô (“father”) (whence Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta) and obsolete Dutch ette). Compare Old English Adda and Old Norse Atti.

Proper noun

Addo m

1. a male given name

Declension

Though the expected declension of a name ending on -o would be an-stem, place-names show that a-stem declension may also have been used:

Declension of Addo (masculine an-stem noun - no plural)

case	singular
nominative	Addo
accusative	Addon
genitive	Addin
dative	Addin

Declension of Addo (masculine a-stem noun - contracted - no plural)

case	singular
nominative	Addo
accusative	Addo
genitive	Addes
dative	Adde

Further reading

• Maurits Gysseling (1982), “Noordwesteuropese persoonsnaambestanddelen”, in Naamkunde. Jaargang 14‎ (in Dutch), page 86