GJAF

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Gothic 1.3 Old Norse 1.4 Old Swedish 1.5 Swedish 1.6 Old Saxon 1.7 Anglo-Saxon 1.8 Old High German 1.9 Middle High German 1.10 Middle Low German 1.11 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

*gebo- = 'gift' ^[1]
*Geƀa- = 'giving, to give' ^[2]

Gothic

giba = 'gift' ^{[3] [4]}

Old Norse

gjǫf = 'gift' ^{[5] [3] [2]}
gjaf- = 'gift' ^{[5] [6]}

Old Swedish

gava = 'gift' (from Middle Low German, see below) ^[7]

Swedish

gåva = 'gift' ^[7]

Old Saxon

geƀa = 'gift' ^{[3] [4]}
geva = 'gift' ^[1]

Anglo-Saxon

gift = 'gift' ^{[3] [4]}
gifu = 'gift' ^[1]

Old High German

geba = 'gift' ^{[3] [4] [1]}

Middle High German

gābe = 'gift' ^[8]

Middle Low German

gāve = 'gift' ^[8]
gâve = 'gift' ^[7]

Old English

ġiefu = 'gift' ^{[3] [4]}

Related Names

See Gjeble and Gåva

Combinations

Name Element	Example
GUD	see Godgifu (English)
HARD	see Gebhard
HER	see Gjafarr
LAUG	see Gjaflaug
SIGN	see Signuva
SUNN	see Sunngifu (English)
ULF	see GefulfR
VALD	see Gjafvaldr
VARD	see Gjafvarðr

First Element Forms

Ge- Geb- Gef- Gefi- Giaf- Gif- Gjaf- Gjev-

Last Element Forms

-efa -ev -eva -eve -evi
-gifu
-ifa -iva -íva
-uva
-øv -öve -øve

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
4. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
5. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
6. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
7. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
8. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)