KON

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Saxon 1.3 Anglo-Saxon 1.4 Old English 1.5 Old High German 1.6 Middle High German 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element (see also KUNI)

Ancient Germanic

*kôni-, konja- = 'bold, experienced (in battle)' ^[1]
*kōnia- = 'someone who understands, experienced, wise' ^[2]

Old Saxon

kôni = 'bold, experienced (in battle)' ^[1]
kôni = 'bold' ^[3]

Anglo-Saxon

céne = 'knowing, wise, able' ^[4]

Old English

cēne = 'keen, bold' ^[5]

Old High German

kuoni = 'bold, experienced (in battle)' ^[1]
kuoni = 'bold, brave, strong' ^[2]
chuoni = 'bold' ^[4]

Middle High German

küene = 'bold, brave, strong' ^[2]

Related Names

See Kuno

Combinations

Name Element	Example
GUNN	see Kunigunde (German)
RAD	see Kuonrat (German)
RIK	see Cēnerīc (English)

First Element Forms

Cēne- Con- Cyn- Kon- Kuni- Kuon- Kön-

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
3. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
4. ↑ Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
5. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)