This was the name of four kings of Germany, starting in the 10th century with Otto I, the first Holy Roman emperor.
In German it has two inflected forms, "Otto" and "Ottos".
But I've also encountered the plural form "Ottonen" and the adjectiv "ottonisch" ("Ottonische Renaissance"). How can be explained that an "n" was developed in those words? Is this a phenomenon of the German language-OHG then, or did this occur maybe due to an influence of Latin? (In Latin the name is inflected Otto,Ottonis,Ottoni,Ottonem). Thank you.
In German it has two inflected forms, "Otto" and "Ottos".
But I've also encountered the plural form "Ottonen" and the adjectiv "ottonisch" ("Ottonische Renaissance"). How can be explained that an "n" was developed in those words? Is this a phenomenon of the German language-OHG then, or did this occur maybe due to an influence of Latin? (In Latin the name is inflected Otto,Ottonis,Ottoni,Ottonem). Thank you.