Isker

See also: isker and iskër

Old High German

Alternative forms

• Isger, Hisker (9th C. CE)

Etymology

By surface analysis, īs (“ice”) +‎ ger (“spear”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *īsą and *gaizaz, but probably a syncopic form of Isanker. First attested in the 9th C. CE

Proper noun

Isker m (Bavarian)

1. a male given name, alternative form of Isgēr, abbot of Ilmmünster Abbey [9th C. CE]

Descendants

• → Medieval Latin: Iskarius

References

• 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 22