Dev

So you know how Devashish comes from Sanskrit Dev (God) Ashish: (Blessing/Gift)

It was pointed out to me that my name exactly matches with the vibe of Theodore:

Dev → Deus → Theo mean the same thing and probably share a root (God)

And the dore part comes from dṓron meaning gift/blessing

So I guess my western name would be Ted

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Rob Ricci

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Robert:
> From the Germanic name Hrodebert meaning "bright fame", derived from the elements hruod "fame" and beraht "bright".

I was gonna ask what an equivalent might be in some region in India, but actually, I'm good with Hrodebert, I'll just go with that

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Thomas Dickerson

@ricci @dev If we're looking at Old English/Germanic roots, it's important to note that the root of Tolkien's Rohirric name Théoden and the real-world Germanic names Theodred (which Tolkien also used as the Rohirric Théodred) and Theodoric is "þeod", which is unrelated to the Greek "θεός".

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Thomas Dickerson
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@ricci @dev (although to Dev's original point, Theodore *is* derived from "θεός", which is pretty confusing given its similarity to Theodoric)

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Rob Ricci

@elfprince13 @dev this is great, now when I have to distinguish between Dev and the evil Dev-clone, I will know to say "'sup Theodoric" and only the evil clone will fall for it

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Dev

@ricci @elfprince13 I'm also told that while Deus and Dev share PIE root, Theo is from an unrelated origin

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Thomas Dickerson

@dev @ricci I think it's the other way around - Theo has PIE roots, and Deus is the Latin cognate to Greek Zeus.

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Dev

@elfprince13 @ricci huh

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Rob Ricci

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etymonline.com/word/theo-

etymonline.com/word/deus

I have linked to etymonline a surprising number of times on this here web site

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Thomas Dickerson

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