Editing Bleda (section)

==Etymology==
Greek sources have ''Βλήδας'' and ''Βλέδας'' (Bledas), [[Chronicon Paschale]] ''Βλίδας'' (Blidas),{{sfn|Pritsak|1982|p=443}} and Latin ''Bleda''.{{sfn|Maenchen-Helfen|1973|p=387}}

[[Otto Maenchen-Helfen]] considered the name to be of [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] or Germanized origin, a short form of ''Bladardus'', ''Blatgildus'', ''Blatgisus''.{{sfn|Maenchen-Helfen|1973|p=388}} [[Denis Sinor]] considered that the name begins with consonant cluster, and as such it cannot be of [[Altaic languages|Altaic]] origin.{{sfn|Sinor|1990|p=202}} In 455 is recorded the [[Arianism|Arian]] bishop Bleda along [[Genseric]] and the [[Vandals]],{{sfn|Maenchen-Helfen|1973|p=387–288}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berndt |first1=Guido M |last2=Steinacher |first2=Roland |author-link=Denis Sinor |date=2014 |title=Arianism: Roman Heresy and Barbarian Creed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ST6TRNuWmHsC |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |pages=153–154 |isbn=9781409473282}}</ref> and one of [[Totila]]'s generals also had the same name.{{sfn|Maenchen-Helfen|1973|p=388}}

[[Omeljan Pritsak]] considered its root ''bli-'' had typical vocalic metathesis of [[Oghur languages|Oghur-Bulgar]] language from < ''*bil-'', which is [[Old Turkic language|Old Turkic]] "to know".{{sfn|Pritsak|1982|p=443}} Thus Hunnic ''*bildä'' > ''blidä'' was actually Old Turkic ''bilgä'' (wise, sovereign).{{sfn|Pritsak|1982|p=443}}