GRIOT

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*greuta = 'stone' [1]

Old Norse

grjót = 'stone' [1] [2]

Old Saxon

griot = 'stone' [2]

Old High German

grioȥ = 'stone' [2]

Old English

gréot = 'stone' [2]

Related Names

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
GERD see Griútgarðr

First Element Forms

Gre- Greot-
Griót- Griút-
Grjot- Grjót-

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)