-gisel

Gisel- or -gisel is a word component in various Germanic and German personal names .

Origin and meaning

Representatives of West Germanic tribes had these names since the 4th century ( Godigisel ).

The forms were derived from Old High German gisil , descendant of a noble sex or gisal , hostage, guarantor, pledge .

Names

Gisel

• Gisela
• Giselbert
• Giselhard
• Giselher
• Gísli , Gisle
• Gislenus , Gislo

-gisel

• Aldgisl
• Ansegisel , Ansegisel
• Arnegisclus
• Caregisil
• Godegisel , Godigisel
• Modegisil
• Ragnegisil
• Theudigisel

literature

• Hermann Reichert : Lexicon of Old Germanic Names , Volume I, Part 1. With the collaboration of Wilibald Kraml, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1987, ISBN 978-3-7001-0931-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Metz, 7th century, (great-great-grandfather of Charlemagne)
2. ^ Bishop of Troyes , 10th century.
3. ↑ Eastern Roman army master, 5th century.
4. ^ Bishop of Tours , 7th century.
5. ^ Bishop of Tours, 7th century; Bishop of Troyes, 7th century
6. ^ Bishop of Troyes, 7th century.