Witiko (first name)
Witiko is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The name Witiko is traced back to Widu-gauja , the "forest beller" (cf. Old West Norse geya "bark"). Waldbeller is a kenning for the wolf . In the form of Witege, a hero of the Dietrichsage carries this name. The historical model is the king of the Ostrogoths Witichis .
The name Witiko (or Vítek) is a key name in the Bohemian noble family of the Witigones .
variants
Name bearer
- Witiko von Prčice (before 1120–1194), Bohemian nobleman
- Witiko von Prčice and Blankenberg (around 1170–1256), Bohemian nobleman
- Witiko von Příběnice († before 1259), Bohemian nobleman
- Witiko I. von Neuhaus , (before 1223–1259), from 1247 to 1249 Burgrave of Olomouc
- Witiko I. von Krumau (before 1220-1277) was in the service of the Bohemian kings Wenceslaus I and Ottokar II. Přemysl
- Witiko VI. von Rosenberg († 1277), Bohemian nobleman
- Witiko II of Krumau († 1290)
In the literature
- Witiko , a novel by Adalbert Stifter, whose title character is Witiko von Prčice.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke, Historical German Name Book, Volume 4: Sc - Z, de Gruyter, Berlin, 2003, ISBN 9783110899849 , Lemma Witege