HVIT

From Nordic Names wiki - www.nordicnames.de - All rights reserved.

Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Gothic 1.4 Old Swedish 1.5 Old Saxon 1.6 Anglo-Saxon 1.7 Old High German 1.8 Old Frisian 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*hwĭtta- = 'white' ^[1]

Old Norse

hvítr = 'white' ^{[2] [3] [1]}

Gothic

hweits = 'white' ^[1]

Old Swedish

hviter = 'white' ^[4]

Old Saxon

hwît = 'white' ^[1]

Anglo-Saxon

hwît = 'white' ^[1]

Old High German

wîʐ = 'white' ^[1]

Old Frisian

hwitt = 'white' ^[1]

Related Names

See Hvítr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
HÖFÐI	see Hvíthǫfði
KÅR	see Hvítkárr
MJALL	see Mjallhvít
SNÆ	see Snövit
SVAN	see Svanhvít

First Element Forms

Hvit- Hvít-

Last Element Forms

-hvít -vit

References

1. ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
4. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)