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Sigismund Kestutaitis
Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it ''Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of the High German word "Sieg" (victory): ''sigis'', obviously Gothic and an inferred Germanic form, and there is a younger form: ''sigi'', which is Old Saxon or Old High German ''sigu'' (both from about 9th century). A 5th century Prince of Burgundy was known both as ''Sigismund'' and ''Sigimund'' (see Ernst Förstemann, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', 1906; Henning Kaufmann, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', Ergänzungsband, 1968). Its Hungarian equivalent is Zsigmond. A Lithuanian name Žygimantas, meaning "wealth of (military) campaign", from Lithuanian ''žygis'' "campaign, march" + ''manta'' "goods, wealth" has been a substitution of the name ''Sigismund'' in the Lithuanian language, from which it was adopted by the Ruthenian language as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigmund (given Name)
Sigmund, also spelled Siegmund, is a Germanic languages, Germanic given name with roots in proto-Germanic wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/segaz, ''*segaz'' and wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mundō, ''*mundō'', giving a rough translation of "protection through victory". People with this name * Sigmund Borgundvåg, Norwegian naval architect * Sigmund Brouwer, Canadian author * Sigmund Fraenkel, Polish-Austrian chemist * Sigmund Freud, the Austrian-Jew psychologist * Sigmund Freudenberger, Swiss painter * Sigmund Hecht (1849–1925), Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi * Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson, African-American singer in the Jackson 5 * Sigmund Jähn, an East German cosmonaut * Siegmund Klein (1902–1987}, American bodybuilder * Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng, Norwegian philosopher and activist * Sigmund Mifsud, Maltese musician * Sigmund Moren, Norwegian philologist * Sigmund Mowinckel, Norwegian professor and theologian * Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor * Sigmund Romberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |