By the name Edeko (with various spellings: Edeco, Edeko, Edekon, Edicon, Ediko, Edica, Ethico) are considered three contemporaneous historical figures,[1] whom many scholars identify as one: Otto Maenchen-Helfen considered the Hunnic name Έδέκων (Edekon) to be of Germanic or Germanized origin, but did not mention any derivation.
[1] Omeljan Pritsak derived it from Old Turkic verbal root *edär- (to pursue, to follow), and deverbal noun suffix κων (kun < r-k < r-g < *gun).
[2] The reconstructed form is *edäkün (< *edär-kün; "follower, retainer").
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