Re: Res: Res: [tied] Re: Visigothic kings - Gothic names

> Wunisko: seems much more plausible. There's a bunch of
> Middle Age women using this first name, for example,
> Unisco Godinhes ("Unisco, Godinho's daughter"), Unisco
> Pais ("Unisco, Paio's daughter"), Unisco Viegas ("Unisco
> Egas' daughter": Viegas is a patronymic of Arabic origin,
> Viegas<Veegas<Evenegas<Ebenegas< Ibn Egas).

The fact that it enjoyed some medieval popularity doesn't
really say much about the etymology, so far as I can see: by
then it was probably just a name, apparently a somewhat
traditional one.

Brian