Meroving
A descendant of Merovech; a Merovingian.
Noun
- A descendant of Merovech; a Merovingian.
- The French had their Merouings, the old Kentiſh Kingdome here its Oiſcings, from Merouee and Oiſca. - 1631, John Selden, Titles of Honor, page 51:
- Though the long-haired Merovings ruled from the Ebro to the Meuse […] - 1875, James Stephen, Lectures on the History of France, page 686:
- The Franks only found salvation in the growth of checks on the royal power by the development of the great provincial governors, and by the final deposition of the Merovings in favour of the great house of the...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *mārī Proto-West Germanic *wīg Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Merovingusbor. English Meroving From Medieval Latin Merovingus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Mārīwīg [a male given name composed of *mārī (“famous”) + *wīg (“fight”)] + *-ing. By surface analysis, Merovech + -ing. Cognate with Old English Merewīoingas (a hapax legomenon in the genitive case).
Forms
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Arnulfing Caroling Carling Karling Karoling Liudolfing Luitpolding