SNÆ

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Proto-Norse 1.3 Old Norse 1.4 Gothic 1.5 Old Swedish 1.6 Old Danish 1.7 Old Saxon 1.8 Old High German 1.9 Swedish 1.10 Danish 1.11 Norwegian 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*snaiwa- = 'snow' ^[1]

Proto-Norse

*snaiwaR = 'snow' ^[2]

Old Norse

snær = 'snow' ^{[3] [2]}
snjǣr = 'snow' ^[1]
snjár = 'snow' ^{[3] [2]}
snjâr = 'snow' ^[1]
snjór = 'snow' ^{[3] [2]}
snjôr = 'snow' ^[1]

Gothic

snaiws = 'snow' ^[1]

Old Swedish

snio = 'snow' ^{[1] [4]}

Old Danish

snio = 'snow' ^[1]
sniø = 'snow' ^[1]
snø = 'snow' ^[1]

Old Saxon

snêo = 'snow' ^[1]

Old High German

snêo = 'snow' ^[1]

Swedish

snö = 'snow'

Danish

sne = 'snow'

Norwegian

snø = 'snow'

Related Names

See Snær

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRN	see Snøybiǫrn
BJÖRT	see Snæbjört
BLOM	see Snöblomma
BORG	see Snæborg
BRA	see Snæbrá
DIS	see Snædís
FRÍÐ	see Snæfríðr
HOLM	see Snæhólm
HVIT	see Snövit
LAUG	see Sniólaug
ROS	see Snærós
RUN	see Snærún
ULF	see Snæúlfr
VAR	see Snævarr
ÞOR	see Snæþór

First Element Forms

Sne-
Snio- Snió-
Snjá-
Snjó-
Snæ-
Snö- Snø-

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)