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Mangirdas

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Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Old High German Mangart, first attested in the 8th century AD.[1]

By surface analysis, manýti (to think) +‎ girdė́ti (to hear). Thus, the name means " who is skillful for his intelligence."[2][3]

Proper noun

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Mangirdas ?

  1. a male given name from Old High German

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Robert Ferguson, The Teutonic Name-System Applied To The Family Names Of France, England, & Germany, (B. and J.: 1864).
  2. ^ Day.lt
  3. ^ Gamillscheg E. Romania Germanica. Bd. 2: Die Ostgoten. Die Langobarden. Die altgermanischen Bestandteile des Ostromanischen. Altgermanisches im Alpenromanischen. — Berlin und Leipzig, 1935. S. 99.