Chiemo
Chiemo is a male given name that is rarely used today and is probably based on an abbreviation.
origin
As is often the case in Old High German names, the vowels can also be swapped, so that the spelling “Cheimo” can also be found.
This in turn suggests a relationship to Heimo and Eimo, as the "C", sometimes even the "Ch", is often lost when switching from the West Franconian to the East Franconian (cf. Childebert zu Hildebert, Chlothar zu Lothar etc.). Heimo comes from the Old High German name Haimrich, which in Middle High German became Heimrich / Heimerich / Heimric (us) / Heimarich / Heimarih / Hemrich, with "m" and "n" becoming interchangeable over time, so that the later Heinrich (9. / 10th century). In addition to the Babenberg counts with this name, there was only one Rupertine count Heimrich / Heimo in the 8th century , who appeared as a count in the Wetterau , Lahngau and Rheingau regions in 771 and was the son of Count Cancor . There are also connections to the French Aymeric.
Due to comparable developments of other names (see: Dietmar becomes Diemo), Chietmar or Cheitmar can still be used as full names.
Well-known namesake
In fact there is a Karatanen / Karantanen - and Alpenslawenherzog or - prince of this name: Cheitmar, sometimes also written Cheitumar, Ceithumar, Khotimir or Hotimir. He was initially hostage in Christian Bavaria and then from 752 to 769 Duke or Prince of the Carantans. He then had the carantans evangelized, first by his spiritual companion Maioranus, then by the choir bishop Modestus of Carinthia provided by Bishop Virgilius of Salzburg .
The name is still known today because supposedly a count of this name from the 7th / 8th centuries. Century first the place Chieming , then the Bavarian region and landscape Chiemgau as well as the Chiemsee should have given the name. However, there is no documentary evidence of the count's existence. In the Notitia Arnonis , Kienberg is also reproduced with Chiemberch or Chiemperc , which is rarely associated with the count's name Kuno , but mainly with kienforha ( pine ), which is why natural for the place names Chieming, Chiemgau and Chiemsee Designations come into question.
Hermann Weigand wrote a two-volume historical novel about Count Chiemo. The first volume has the subtitle "Fire over Tassilo's Land" (1997), the second the subtitle "Between Cross and Sword" (1998).
In Chieming , a street and a lifeboat belonging to the water rescue service bear the name "Graf Chiemo".
Individual evidence
- ↑ So already Alois Huber: The Ecclesia Petena of the Salzburg documents , 1866, p. 94
- ^ Municipality of Chieming, origin of the street names, accessed on December 8, 2016.
- ^ Wasserwacht Chieming, lifeboat Graf Chiemo accessed on December 8, 2016.