ÞROTT

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Proto-Norse 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Proto-Norse

*þruhta- = 'strength, might, courage' ^[1]

Old Norse

þróttr = 'strength, might' ^{[2] [3]}
þrōttr = 'strength, might, courage' ^[1]

Old English

ðroht = 'effort, endeavour' ^[1]

Related Names

See Þróttr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ULF	see Þróttolfr

First Element Forms

Þrott- Þrótt-

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)