Ruodolf

Old High German

Alternative forms

• Hruodolf, Hruadolf (9th C.)

Etymology

From *ruod (“fame, renown”) +‎ wolf (“wolf”). First attested in the early 9th C. CE

Proper noun

Ruodolf m

1. (Bavarian) a male given name [9th C. CE]

Descendants

• Middle High German: Ruodolf, Rodolf (1th-13th C.), Rudolf (12th-13th C.)
  • → Medieval Latin: Rodolfus (11th-13th C.), Ruodolphus (13th or 14th C.), Rudolfus, Rudolffus, Rudolphus (12th-15th C.)
  • German: Rudolf, Rudolph
    • → Dutch: Rudolf
    • → English: Rudolf, Rudolph
    • → Icelandic: Rudolf
    • → Polish: Rudolf
    • → Swedish: Rudolf
• → Early Medieval Latin: Ruodolfus (9th-15th C.)

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 30, column 95, line 34