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The names Aurvandil or Earendel (; ; ; ; Medieval ) are cognate Germanic personal names, continuing a Proto-Germanic reconstructed compound '' *auzi-wandilaz'' "luminous wanderer", in origin probably the name of a star or planet, potentially the morning star (Eosphoros). As a Germanic name, Auriwandalo is attested as a historical Lombardic prince. A Latinized version, Horvandillus, is given as the name of the father of Amleth in Saxo Grammaticus' ''Gesta Danorum''. German ''Orentil'' (''Erentil'') is the hero of a medieval poem of the same name. He is son of a certain Eigel of Trier and has numerous adventures in the Holy Land. The Old Norse variant appears in purely mythological context, linking the name to a star. The only known attestation of the Old English ''Earendel'' refers to a star exclusively. ==Name== The name is a compound whose first part goes back to '' *auzi-'' ‘dawn’, a combining form related to *''austaz'' ‘east’, cognate with Ancient Greek ''ēṓs'' ‘dawn’, Sanskrit ''uṣā́s'', Latin ''aurōra'', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *''h₂éuso-s'' ‘dawn’. The second part comes from *''wanđilaz'', a derivative of *''wanđaz'' (cf. Old Norse ''vandr'' ‘difficult’, Old Saxon ''wand'' ‘fluctuating, variable’, English ''wander''), from *''wenđanan'' which gave in English ''wend''. A historical ''Orentil'' was a Bavarian count, recorded in the year 843. The name is reflected in toponymy, in the name of the village ''Orendelsall'' (now part of Zweiflingen municipality). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aurvandil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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