VÍÐ

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old Swedish 1.4 Old High German 1.5 Middle High German 1.6 Old Saxon 1.7 Old Frisian 1.8 Anglo-Saxon 1.9 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element, see also VID

Ancient Germanic

*wîda - = 'apart, away' ^[1]

Old Norse

víðr = 'wide, large, extensive' ^{[2] [3] [4]}
vīðr = 'wide, spacious, thick' ^[5]
vîðr = 'wide' ^[1]

Old Swedish

viþer = 'wide, far' ^[4]

Old High German

wit = 'wide, big' ^[6]
wīt = 'wide, spacious, thick' ^[5]
wīt = 'wide, far' ^[7]
wît = 'wide' ^[1]

Middle High German

wīt = 'wide, far' ^[7]

Old Saxon

wīd = 'wide, spacious, thick' ^[5]
wîd = 'wide' ^[1]

Old Frisian

wîd = 'wide' ^[1]

Anglo-Saxon

wíd = 'wide' ^[3]
wîd = 'wide' ^[1]

Old English

wīd = 'wide, spacious, thick' ^[5]

Related Names

Combinations

Name Element	Example
FAR	see Víðfari
HEIL	see Heiluid (German)
HER	see Víðarr
HUG	see Víðhugsi
ING	see Ingvid

See also Víðkunnr

First Element Forms

Vi- Wi- Vid- Við- Víð-

Last Element Forms

-oise
-uid
-vid -widis

References

1. ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
4. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
5. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
6. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
7. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)