AI

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Proto Norse 1.3 Old Norse 1.4 Gothic 1.5 Old High German 1.6 Middle High German 1.7 Anglo-Saxon 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

In some combinations it is difficult or impossible to tell if the element belongs to AI or maybe to similar elements like EY or EIN instead.

Ancient Germanic

*aiṷ- = 'lifetime, vitality' ^[1]
*aịu- = 'lifetime, vitality' ^[1]

Proto Norse

*aiwa- = 'always' ^{[2] [3]}

Old Norse

ǣvi = 'life' ^{[4] [1]}
ǣvi = 'eternity, time, life' ^[5]

Gothic

aiws = 'time, eternity' ^{[4] [1]}
aiw = 'ever' ^[6]

Old High German

ēwa = 'eternity' ^{[4] [1]}
ēwa = 'eternity; right, law' ^[7]
ēwī = 'eternity, time, life' ^[5]

Middle High German

ē = 'eternity' ^[1]
ēwe = 'eternity' ^[1]

Anglo-Saxon

ǣfre = 'ever' ^[6]
áwa = 'ever' ^[6]

Related Names

See Aiva

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRN	see Æibiǫrn
BJÖRT	see Ebert
GLO	see Eygló
GEIR	see *Aiwigaizaz
HER	see *Aiwiharjaz
HVAT	see Æihvatr
LEIF	see ÆilæifR
LIF	see *Aiwa-līƀaR
LIKN	see Æilíkn
MUND	see Æimundr
NIUT	see Æiniútr
RIK	see *Aiwa-rikiaR and Ewaric
VALD	see Ewawald (German)
ÞOR	see Edor
ÞORN	see Æiþorn

First Element Forms

Ai-
*Aiwa- *Aiwi-
E- Ee-
Ei-
Ej-
Ewa-
Je-
Ä-
Æi-
Æv- Ǣv-

References

1. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
4. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
5. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
6. ↑ Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
7. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)