Etymology of "Alavivus?"

[Francisc Czobor]

Guþ gaþiuþjadau þuk, Manie!
Now it's clear for me what's the connection between -vivus and weihan.
Thank you,
Francisc


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Lombard" <manielombard at ...> wrote:
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> M. Schönfeld "Wörterbuch der altgermanischen Personen- und 
Völkernamen", Heidelberg 1965:
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> ".Ala-vivus = an. Olvir, ahd. as. Alawich; zum zweiten Glied vgl. 
urnord. WiwaR, ahd. Vio-mad, Vio-rad, Wiu-frid, ags. -wio, -wiu (z. 
B. Forthwio).
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> Wenn diese Gleichungen richtig sind, so ist -vivus aus germ. *-
wigwó- aus *-wihwó- 'Streit'" entstanden, wozu got. weihan 'streiten' 
gehört."
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> Manie 
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> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Francisc Czobor" <fericzobor@> 
wrote:
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> > Koebler (in "Anhang 3: Gotische Namen") derives Alavivus from 
weihan. 
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> > I understand this that the name is composed of ala- "all" + a 
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> > derivation of weihan (I suppose it's weihan, strong verb, "to 
battle, 
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> > combat, dispute", and not weihan*, weak verb, "hallow, 
sanctify"). 
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> > The Gothic form could be *Ala-weihs or *Ala-weigs, but I can't 
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> > understand how the second "v" of "Alavivus" appeared.
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> > Alatheus, on the other hand, is explained as Alathius (ala- "all" 
+ 
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> > þius "thrall, servant").
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> > Francisc
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> > --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Michael Erwin <merwin@> wrote:
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> > > Can anybody reconstruct the name Latinized as "Alavivus?"
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> > > I was thinking it could be a corruption of the name Latinized 
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> > > "Alatheus," e.g. if he had added a Gothic signature to a Latin 
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> > > Greek diplomatic letter, and the þ was hard to read, and/or 
the  
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> > > readers didn't know any Gothic.
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