ALM

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old High German 1.4 Middle Low German 1.5 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*el - = 'reddish, brownish' ^[1]
*ol - = 'reddish, brownish' ^[1]

Old Norse

álmr = 'elm tree' ^{[2] [3]}
álmr = 'bow (of wood from an elm tree)' ^[3]
álmr = 'man (poetic)' ^[3]

Old High German

ėlm = 'elm tree' ^[3]

Middle Low German

elm = 'elm tree' ^[1]

Old English

ėlm = 'elm tree' ^[3]

Related Names

Embla

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BORG	see Almborg
GAUT	see Almgautr
GEIR	see Álmgeirr
HER	see Almarr
RIK	see Almrik
STEIN	see Almsteinn
VEIG	see Almveig
ÞOR	see Álmþór

First Element Forms

Alm- Álm-

Last Element Forms

References

1. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)