Where does “Otto” come from?

Otto (Finnish) comes from German Otto, from Old High German ōt, from Proto-West Germanic aud, from Proto-Germanic audaz — wealth, riches.

Otto (Finnish): taking act or action of taking

Definitions

  1. taking act or action of taking

Ancestry of “Otto”, step by step

Otto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Otto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOttoOtto
2Old High Germanōtriches; property
3Proto-West Germanicaudwealth, riches
4Proto-Germanicaudazwealth, riches

via Proto-Finnic votto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvottotaking; something that is taken, accepted
2Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w—

Words derived from “Otto”

Every word from Proto-Germanic audaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic aud →Every word from Old High German ōt →