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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Tasso m. A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Old Saxon dād, Old High German tāt, Gothic πŒ³πŒ΄πŒΈπƒ 'deed, act'; cf. Dado.

Austria
Latin
β—‘ 763 Tassiloni (dat) FRA-XXXL 1, Tassilonis (gen) ibid. 1; 776 Tassilonis (gen) ibid. 4; 788 Tassilo (nom) ibid. 5
Brabant
Latin
β—‘ 1312 Tassini (gen) JeanIII p. 40
Czech Republic
Latin
● 1349 Tasso (nom) chlumecky 134, Tassonem (acc) ibid. 125, Tassonis (gen) ibid. 124; 1350 Tasso (nom) ibid. 195, Tassone (abl) ibid. 184; 1353 Tassone (abl) ibid. 9, p. 21, Tassonis (gen) ibid. 23, p. 22; 1356 Tasso (nom) ibid. 141; 1358 Tasso (nom) ibid. 216, p. 30
France
Latin
β—‘ 1030 Tassilonus (nom) StVdM-II 713; 1055 Tassilo (nom) ibid. 739, Tassilone (abl) ibid. 739; 1060x1064 Tassilo (nom) ibid. 709; 1065x1079 Tassilo (nom) ibid. 663; 1073 Tasilo (nom) ibid. 707
Old French
β—‘ 1313 Tassin Paris1313 p. 37; 1339 Tassin valois-2 CCIX
Middle French
β—‘ 1392 Tassin MemBret-II col. 599; 1418 Tassin DdB1418 p. 200, HGParis p. 377; 1421 Tassin favier 26; 1562 Tassin (nom) RegPCC-1 p. 6; 1563 Tassin ibid. p. 29; 1564 Tassin ibid. p. 54; 1565 Tassin ibid. p. 116; 1566 Tassin ibid. p. 264; 1567 Tassin ibid. p. 280; 1568 Tassin ibid. p. 369; 1570 Tassin ibid. p. 427; 1571 Tassin ibid. p. 453
Germany
Latin
β—‘ 802 Tassiloni (dat) FRA-XXXL 7
Italy
Latin
β—‘ 770 Tassilo (nom) FRA-XXXL 2, Tassilonis (gen) ibid. 2
The Netherlands
Latin
● 1324 thasonis (gen) GesOIJ-1 p. 299
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Tasso". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Tasso.