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Where does “Otto” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Otto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Otto”

  • Otto
  • Ottonian
  • Ottonormalverbraucher
  • Ottomotor
  • Oto
  • Otto
  • オットー
  • Otto
  • Ottó
  • Otto
  • Otto
  • Otto
  • Otto
  • Ortu
Every word from Proto-Germanic audaz →