UNN

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Proto-Norse 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old High German 1.4 Old Saxon 1.5 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Proto-Norse

1) *unþi- = 'wave' ^[1]

Old Norse

1) unnr = 'wave' ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
1) unn-r = 'wave' ^[5]
1) uðr = 'wave' ^[4]
1) uð-r = 'wave' ^[5]
2) unna = 'to love' ^{[1] [2] [6]}
2) unna = 'to love; not to grudge; to grant, allow, bestow' ^{[4] [3] [5]}

Old High German

1) unda = 'billow, wave' ^[7]
1) undea = 'wave' ^[5]
2) unnan = 'to love; not to grudge; to grant, allow, bestow' ^[5]

Old Saxon

1) ūðia = 'wave' ^[5]
2) unnan = 'to love; not to grudge; to grant, allow, bestow' ^[5]

Old English

1) ȳð = 'wave' ^[5]
2) unnan = 'to love; not to grudge; to grant, allow, bestow' ^[5]

Related Names

See Unnr and Iðunnr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ADAL	see Aðalsteinunn
ARN	see Årunn
AS	see Ásunn
AUD	see Audunn
BJÖRN	see Unnbjörn
BORG	see Borgunna and Unnbjörg
DAG	see Dagunn
DIS	see Unndís
DYR	see Dýrunn
EID	see Eidunn
EIR	see Eirunn
EY	see Øyunn
FREJ	see Freidunn
FRID	see Fridunn
FRÍÐ	see Fríðunn and Unnfrid
GEIR	see GæiRunnr
GUNN	see Gunnuðr
HEIL	see Hælgunnr
HER	see Unnarr
HILD	see Hildunn and Unnhild
HJÖR	see Hjørunn
HREID	see Hreiðunn
ING	see Ingunnr
JÓ	see Iórunnr
JOR	see Iórunnr
Jørg	see Jørgunn
KÅR	see Kårunn
LAUG	see Unnlaug
LEIF	see Unnleiv
LID	see Lidunn
LJOT	see Ljótunnr
NY	see Unny
NOR	see Norunn
NY	see Unny
SE	see Sæunn
SIG	see Sigunnr
STEIN	see Aðalsteinunn and Unnsteinn
ULF	see UnnulfR
VALD	see Unnvaldr
VARD	see Unnvar
VEIG	see Unnveig
VID	see Vidunn
VÖR	see Unnvör and Vårunn
ÞJOÐ	see Þjóðunn
ÞOR	see Þórunnr and Unnþór

First Element Forms

Un- Unn-

Last Element Forms

-an -ann -en -na -ne -ni -on -onn -uðr -un -und -unn -unna -unnr -ån -ånn

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
4. ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
5. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
6. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
7. ↑ Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)