VEST

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Old High German 1.3 Old Saxon 1.4 Old Frisian 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

Old Norse

vestr = 'the west' ^{[1] [2]}
vest- = 'western' ^[2]

Old High German

west = 'western' ^[2]

Old Saxon

west = 'western' ^[2]

Old Frisian

west = 'western' ^[2]

Old English

west = 'western' ^[2]

Related Names

See Veste

Combinations

Name Element	Example
GEIR	see Vestgeirr
HER	see Vestarr
LID	see Vestliði
MANN	see Vestmaðr
MAR	see Vestmarr
MUND	see Vestmundr

First Element Forms

Vest-

Last Element Forms

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)