GRIOT

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Name Element

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

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*greuta = 'stone' ^[1]

Old Norse

grjót = 'stone' ^{[1] [2]}

Old Saxon

griot = 'stone' ^[2]

Old High German

grioȥ = 'stone' ^[2]

Old English

gréot = 'stone' ^[2]

Related Names

Combinations

Name Element	Example
GERD	see Griútgarðr

First Element Forms

Gre- Griót- Griút- Grjot- Grjót-

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)