Tassilo – also spelled Thassilo – is a male name of
West Germanic
The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic languages, Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic languages, North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages, East Germ ...
origin. It is the
diminutive form
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of the name
Tasso
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/Tazzo.
Tasso/Tazzo itself is the diminutive form of Taginbert, which is of West Germanic origin and means "glittering as the day". The components of Taginbert are the Old High German words ''tag'' (day) and ''beraht'' (glittering). The Proto-Germanic roots of the components are "dagaz" (day) and "berhtaz" (bright) and the name Taginbert corresponds to the common Frankish name
Dagobert
Dagobert or Taginbert is a Germanic male given name, possibly from Old Frankish ''Dag'' "day" and '' beraht'' "bright".
Alternatively, it has been identified as Gaulish ''dago'' "good" ''berxto'' "bright".
Animals
* Roi Dagobert (born 1964), ...
.
Tassilo may refer to:
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Tassilo I of Bavaria
Tassilo I (or ''Tassilon'') ( 560 – 610) was Duke of Bavaria from 591 to his death. According to Paul the Deacon, he was appointed as Bavarian ''rex'' by Childebert II, Frankish king of Austrasia, in 591, ending the war with the Franks. The war ...
(died c. 610)
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Tassilo II of Bavaria Tassilo II () was a ruler in southern Germany.
He was the son, probably third, of Theodo of Bavaria and Folchaid. Sometime before 715, Theodo divided his duchy and associated with its rule the eldest two of his four sons. The eldest, Theodbert, wa ...
(died c. 719)
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Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria Tassilo – also spelled Thassilo – is a male name of West Germanic origin. It is the diminutive form of the name Tasso/Tazzo.
Tasso/Tazzo itself is the diminutive form of Taginbert, which is of West Germanic origin and means "glittering as the ...
(died c. 796)
* ''Tassilone'' (1709), an opera by
Agostino Steffani
Agostino Steffani (25 July 165412 February 1728) was an Italian bishop, polymath, diplomat and composer.
Education
Steffani was born at Castelfranco Veneto on 25 July 1654. As a boy he was admitted as a chorister at San Marco, Venice.
Steff ...
(1653–1728)
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Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa
Tassilo, Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa (known in English as Baron von der Lasa; 17 October 1818 – 27 July 1899) was a German chess master, chess historian and theoretician of the nineteenth century, a member of the Berlin Chess Club an ...
(1818–1899), German chess-master
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Prince Tassilo Festetics von Tolna (1850–1933), Hungarian nobleman
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Tassilo Thierbach
Tassilo Thierbach (21 May 1956 – 19 April 2025) was a German pair skater. With partner Sabine Baeß, he was the 1982 World champion and a two-time European champion (1982, 1983).
Biography
Baeß and Thierbach were coached by Irene Sal ...
(1956–2025), German figure-skater
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Prince Tassilo of Bulgaria (born 2002), son of Kyril, Prince of Preslav, grandson of former Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
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