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William J. Fryer Jr.
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William The Conqueror
William the Conqueror (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066, following the death of Edward the Confessor, William invaded England, leading a Franco-Norman army to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands, and by difficulties with his eldest son, Robert Curthose. William was the son of the unmarried Duke Robert I of Normandy and his mistress Herleva. His Legitimacy (family law), illegitimate status and youth caused some difficulties for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will (given Name)
Will ilor Wil is a given name, often a short form ( hypocorism) of William, Wilson, Wilfred, Wilbert, Willow, Wilmer, Wilbur, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Willard or Willeke. Notable people with the name include: Men * Will Alsop (1947–2018), British architect * Will Anderson (other), multiple people * Will Arnett (born 1970), Canadian-American actor, voice actor and comedian * Will Bagley (1950–2021), American historian * Will Barclay (born 1969), American politician * Will Barnet (1911–2012), American artist * Will Biederman, American engineer * Wil Boessen (born 1964), Dutch football manager and former player * Will Brownsberger (born 1957), American politician * Will Bynum (born 1983), American basketball player * Wil Calhoun, American television producer and writer * Will Chase (born 1970), American actor and singer * Will Clapp (born 1995), American football player * Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player * Will Clyburn (born 1990), American prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic languages, Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from Germanic parent language, pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic branches during the fifth century BC to fifth century AD: West Germanic languages, West Germanic, East Germanic languages, East Germanic and North Germanic languages, North Germanic. North Germanic remained in language contact, contact with the other branches over a considerable time, especially with the Ingvaeonic languages (including History of English, English), which arose from West Germanic dialects, and had remained in contact with the Proto-Norse language, Norse. A defining feature of Proto-Germanic is the completion of the process described by Grimm's law, a set of sound changes that occurred between its status as a dialect of Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It is also an official language of Luxembourg, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium and the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol, as well as a recognized national language in Namibia. There are also notable German-speaking communities in other parts of Europe, including: Poland (Upper Silesia), the Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Denmark (South Jutland County, North Schleswig), Slovakia (Krahule), Germans of Romania, Romania, Hungary (Sopron), and France (European Collectivity of Alsace, Alsace). Overseas, sizeable communities of German-speakers are found in the Americas. German is one of the global language system, major languages of the world, with nearly 80 million native speakers and over 130 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelmina (given Name)
Wilhelmina (also: Wilhelmena, Wilhelmine, Wilhemina) is a feminine given name, the Dutch, German and Yiddish form of Wilhelm or Willem or William, which is derived from the Germanic ''wil'', meaning "will, desire" and ''helm'', meaning " helmet, protection". Wilhelmina was ranked in the top 1000 most popular names for girls in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ... between 1900 and 1940 but is rarely used today. In many Europe, European countries, this name is once again very popular. Nicknames for Wilhelmina include, but are not restricted to, Minna (given name), Minna, Mina (given name), Mina, Mineke, Minnie, Willie, Willy, Willa, and Billie. Notable people with this name * Wilhelmina Hay Abbott (1884–1957), Scottish suffragist and feminist *Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilma (given Name)
Wilma is a female given name, a feminine form of William William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle .... People with the name include: People * Wilma Arizapana (born 1982), Peruvian long-distance runner * Wilma van den Berg (born 1947), Dutch sprinter * Wilma M. Blom, marine scientist * Wilma Burgess (1939–2003), American singer * Wilma Chan (1949–2021), American politician * Wilma Lee Cooper (1921–2011), American singer * Wilma Cosmé (born 1966), Puerto Rican singer known as Sa-Fire * Wilma De Angelis (born 1931), Italian singer and TV presenter * Wilma Dressel (born 1983), German rower * Wilma Driessen (born 1938), Dutch opera singer * Wilma Dykeman (1920–2006), American writer * Wilma Elles (born 1986), German actress * Wilma de Faria, Brazilian politician, governor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willemina
Willemina is a Dutch feminine given name similar to Wilhelmina. Bearers often use a short form in daily life, including ''Ineke'', ''Mien'', ''Miep'', ''Wil'', ''Will'', ''Willeke'', ''Minnie,'' ''Willy'', ''Willie'' and ''Wilma''. People with the name include: * Willemina Jacoba "Wil" van Gogh (1862–1941), Dutch nurse and early feminist, sister of Vincent van Gogh * Willemina C.A. "Wilma" van Hofwegen (born 1971), Dutch swimmer * Willemina "Will" van Kralingen (1951–2012), Dutch actress * Willemina Ogterop (1881–1974), Dutch-born American stained glass window designer * Willemina R.C. "Mirjam" Sterk (born 1973), Dutch politician and educator * Willemina Hendrika "Ineke" Tigelaar (born 1945), Dutch swimmer * Willemina Zwanida "Willeke" Wendrich (born 1961), Dutch-born American Egyptologist and archaeologist {{given name Dutch feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willa
Willa is a feminine given name. Notable people and characters with the name include: * Willa or Guilla of Provence (died before 924), early medieval Frankish queen * Willa of Tuscany (died 970), queen consort of Berengar II of Italy * Willa Brown (1906–1992), African-American pioneering aviator, lobbyist, teacher and civil rights activist * Willa Cather (1873–1947), American novelist and writer * Willa McGuire Cook (1928–2017), American three-time world and 18-time national water skiing champion * Willa Fitzgerald (born 1991), American actress * Willa Ford, stage name of American singer, songwriter and actress Amanda Lee Williford (born 1981) * Willa Holland (born 1991), American actress and model * Willa Kim (Wullah Mei Ok Kim; 1917–2016), American costume designer for stage, dance and film * Willa Muir (1890–1970), Scottish novelist, essayist and translator * Willa O'Neill (born 1973), New Zealand actress * Willa Beatrice Player (1909–2003), African-American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oor Wullie
''Oor Wullie'' () is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, D.C. Thomson newspaper ''The Sunday Post''. It features a character called Wullie; Wullie is a Scots language, Scots nickname for boys named William, equivalent to Willie. His trademarks are spiky hair, overall#Bib-and-brace, dungarees and an upturned bucket, which he uses as a seat: most strips since early 1937 begin and end with a single panel of Wullie sitting on his bucket. The earliest strips, with little dialogue, ended with Wullie complaining (e.g., "I nivver get ony fun roond here!"). The artistic style settled down by 1940 and has changed little since. A frequent tagline reads, "Oor Wullie! Your Wullie! A'body's Wullie!" (Our Willie! Your Willie! Everybody's Willie!). Created by Thomson editor R. D. Low and drawn by cartoonist Dudley D. Watkins, the strip first appeared on 8 March 1936. Watkins continued to draw ''Oor Wullie'' until his death in 1969, after which the ''Post'' recycled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diminutives
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle something or someone. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-formation device used to express such meanings. A is a diminutive form with two diminutive suffixes rather than one. Purpose Diminutives are often employed as nicknames and pet names when speaking to small children and when expressing extreme tenderness and intimacy to an adult. The opposite of the diminutive form is the augmentative. In some contexts, diminutives are also employed in a pejorative sense to denote that someone or something is weak or childish. For example, one of the last Western Roman emperors was Romulus Augustus, but his name was diminutivized to "Romulus Augustulus" to express his powerlessness. Formation In many languages, diminutives are word forms that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish People
Scottish people or Scots (; ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the Scotland in the Early Middle Ages, early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or ''Kingdom of Alba, Alba'') in the 9th century. In the following two centuries, Celtic-speaking Hen Ogledd, Cumbrians of Kingdom of Strathclyde, Strathclyde and Germanic-speaking Anglo-Saxons, Angles of Northumbria became part of Scotland. In the Scotland in the High Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, during the 12th-century Davidian Revolution, small numbers of Normans, Norman nobles migrated to the Lowlands. In the 13th century, the Norse-Gaels of the Kingdom of the Isles, Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norsemen, Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and Culture of Ireland, culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaels, Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also Norman invasion of Ireland, conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while Kingdom of England, England's 16th/17th century Tudor conquest of Ireland, conquest and Plantations of Ireland, colonisation of Ireland brought many English people, English and Scottish Lowlands, Lowland Scottish people, Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Republic of Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
