VAR

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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 High German 1.6 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

The female equivalent name element is VÖR

In some combinations, the name element might be just a variant of VARD or be taken from other names ending in -var, where the V originally belongs to the first name element (which means the last element is really HER). ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Ancient Germanic

*wara- = 'alert, wary' ^[3]
*warōn = 'alert, wary' ^[1]
*warjan = 'to protect' ^[1]
*wariaR = 'warrior' ^[3]
-wari = 'warrior' ^[3]
*warijaR = 'defender' ^[3]

Proto-Norse

-warjaR = 'defender' ^[2]

Old Norse

varinn = 'watchful, alert; careful, cautious; faithful, loyal' ^[4]
varr = 'attentive' ^{[5] [1]}
varr = 'attentive, shy, aware, wise' ^[6]
verja = 'to defend, protect' ^[1]
verja = 'to defend' ^[7]

Gothic

war = 'attentive, shy, aware, wise' ^[6]
wars = 'alert, wary' ^{[8] [3]}

Old High German

giwar = 'attentive, shy, aware, wise' ^[6]
warnôn = 'to watch out, to be careful'

Old English

wær = 'attentive, shy, aware, wise' ^[6]
(ge)wær = 'attentive, careful, ready' ^[8]

Related Names

See Varr and Vernika

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ALA	see Alvaro
AS	see Var-Ási
BLÆ	see Blævar
EY	see Eivar
FJÖL	see Fiǫlvarr
GAIL	see Guilvira
GEIR	see GæiRvarr (Old Norse) and Guilvira (Gothic)
GUD	see Guðvarr
GUNN	see Gunnvarr
HA	see Havar
HER	see Warinheri (German)
HJÖRT	see Hjartvar
HROD	see Hróðarr
KETILL	see Kjellvar
KRIST	see Kristvar
ODD	see Uddvarr
RAGN	see Ragnvar
RAND	see Randver
SE	see Sǽvarr
SIG	see *Sigi-waruR
SOL	see Sǫlvarr
STEIN	see *StainawarijaR
SUNN	see Sunnvar
TEIN	see Teinar
VAGN	see Vagnar
ÞING	see Thingvar
ÞJOÐ	see Þiúðvarr
ÞOR	see Þórarinn
Ǫrlygr	see Ǫrvar

First Element Forms

Warin-
Venn-
Veer- Ver- Wer-
Veern- Vern- Wern-
Vänn-
Vær-
Värn- Väärn-

Last Element Forms

-a -ar -arin -arinn -arna -arr
-er
-var -war -wara -warijaR -varo -varr -waruR (?) -vi -viira -vir -vira -vire -vy -vurr (?)

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
4. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
5. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
6. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
7. ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
8. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)