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Where does “Wyatt” come from?

Wyatt (English) comes from Old English Wigheard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.

Ancestry of “Wyatt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishWigheard—
2Old Englishheardhard, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern,...
3Proto-West Germanichard(ī)hard
4Proto-Germanicharduzhard; brave
5Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
6Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—
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