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The meaning and origin of the first element is rather uncertain: we know that it comes from #mâtha# but we don't exactly know where #mâtha# itself comes from. It is probably derived from Gallic #matu# "good" or from Anglo-Saxon #maedh# "honour, respect." It might also be a blend of one of the aforementioned elements with #mahti# "power" or Gothic #mathl# "meeting place." The second element in this Germanic name is derived from Gothic #svinths# (#swind# in Old High German) "strength." Mathaswintha lived in the 6th century AD and was a daughter of the Ostrogothic queen Amalaswintha and her husband Eutharic.