ANU

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Norse 1.2 Old High German 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Norse

*anu- = 'ancestor' ^{[1] [2] [3]}
*anuR = 'ancestor, father' ^{[1] [4] [2]}

Old High German

ano = 'ancestor' ^[5]

Related Names

See Áki (Norse), Anicho (German)

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRN	see Ábiǫrn
GAUT	see Ágautr
GEIR	see *Anu-ʒaiRaR
GERD	see Ágærðr
GISL	see Ásl
GOT	see Águti
HER	see Ánarr
LEIF	see *AnulaiƀaR
MOD	see Ámóða
MUND	see Ómundi
VIND	see *Anu-winduR
VÖND	see *Anu-wanduR
ÞUNN	see Þunn-Áki

First Element Forms

A- Á-
An- Án- Ann- *Anu-
O- Ó-
On- Ón-
Å- Aa-
Ån-
Ǫ-
Ön- Ǫn- *Ǫnn-

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
4. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
5. ↑ Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)