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492 INTERPRETATION OF NAMES.
OTTO, Otho, father of the family, economist, manager—F.
Pichler; Grothic, otto, atta, fadar, father.*
PAULUS, Paul, small, little, diminutive ; Latin, paulus, small,
little, same as parvus, small ; vir paulus, a small man ; pv^r
parvus, a small boy.
PETRUS, Peter, Pierre, French ; a rock, ein Fels—Heubner
rock or stone ; one that is immovable or firm ; Greek, petros,
a stone or rock, hence the word petra in Greek, a stone, a
rock. The French word pierre, Peter, and pierre, rock or
stone, are spelt alike, e. g. su ei Petros, kai api tautei tci
petrai
—
es Pierre, et que sur cette pierre. Petros and Pierre
are masculine, and petra and pierre feminine.
PHILLIPPUS, Philipus, Philip, a lover of horses—Heubner;
a knight— F. Pichler; Greek, philippos, that delights in
horses; fond of riding; üom philos, a lover, a friend, and
hipjios, a horse.
REINHARD, same as Richard.
REMIGIUS, an oarsman, a rower, a navigator—F. Pichler;
Latin, from remigo, are, to row, to impel a vessel or boat on
water.
REUBEN, Ruben, who sees the son, vision of the son;
Hebrew, from raah, rao, rau, to see, perceive with the eye,
and ben, a son.
* Otto, atta, fadar, father of a family, means literally, one who begets,
provides and governs his children; the word "father" in various
languages, conveys a similar idea—as in the Sanscrit pitr, Zend pata,
Persian pader, Latin pater, Italian padre, French pire, Greek pater,
Ancient German fatar, German Vater, Anglo-Saxon faeder, Swedish
fader, HoUandish vader, Irish athair, Welsh tad, Russian otetz, Polish
ojciec, Bohemian otec, Finnish isa, Hebrew ab, Arabic abon, Malaie
bappa, Coptic babb, Spanish padre, Britannic taad, Icelandic bader,
Dalmatian otcse, Croatian ozhe, Lusatic wosch, Hungarian atyanc, &c.
* Dtto, atta, fadar, SSflter einer ^inttlte, bebcutet e igentltd& : (Jtncr,
tccld^er fetite Ätnber jeugt, für fte forgt unb btefclbeit regiert. I)aö SBort
„SBater" bebeutet in ütclerlei «Sprachen baöfelbe, j. S.t ®anfcrtt pit',
jenbtfc^ pata, perftfc^ pader, Iatetntfc| pater, ttaltentfc^ padre, franjoftfcl)
pfere, grtct^ifc^ pater, nU^bcutfc^ fatar, bcutfc& 25atcr, anglo-f.icfefifcb faeder.
fd)»ebifd) fader, {joKänbifc^ vader, trid'nbifcb athair, wrtfd) tad, rufjlfii
otetz, polutfc^ ojciec, bÖtjinif^) otec, ftnntf(^ isa, ^cbraifcb ab, arnbifc^
abon, malaifcl bappa, cDpttfc^ babb, fpani[c() padre, brttti|c| taad, tglän=
bifc^ bader, balmatif4> otcse, croatifc(> ozhe, laufi0tfc(> wosch, ungarifdj)
atyanc 2C.
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