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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Dado 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'.

France
Latin
● 629 Dado (nom) DCEL-2 CCXLVII
β—‘ 1030 Datilus (nom) StVdM-II 712; c1030 Datilus (nom) ibid. 714; 1059 Datilus (nom) ibid. 687
Germany
Latin
● 963x1023 Tado (nom) TradCorb Β§226
β—‘ 822x875 Tadan (nom) TradCorb Β§92
Portugal
Latin
● 1189 Dadi (gen) PHGCRP-I no. 9
Spain
Latin
● 898 Dato (nom) CDCB-XV MMXXI
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Dado". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Dado.