Merovingus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *mārī

Proto-West Germanic *wīg

Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg

Proto-Germanic *-ingaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ing

Latin Merovingus

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg [a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)] + *-ing. By surface analysis, Meroveus +‎ -ingus.

Cognate with Old English Merewīoingas (a hapax legomenon in the genitive case).

Noun

Merovingus m sg (genitive Merovingī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Meroving, Merovingian
   • 1515, Ottonis Phrisingensis Episcopi, folio 60r:

     Hic Merouingo℞ regno finito, Carolingo℞ […]

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   • 1531, Beati Rhenani Selestadiensis Rerum Germanicarum libri tres, page 94:

     […] unam Merouingorum, alterã Carlingorum.

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Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Merovingus	Merovingī
genitive	Merovingī	Merovingōrum
dative	Merovingō	Merovingīs
accusative	Merovingum	Merovingōs
ablative	Merovingō	Merovingīs
vocative	Merovinge	Merovingī

Descendants

• English: Meroving
• Middle French: Merovinge
  • French: Mérovinge