Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
New name element
Proto Indo European
*leud- = 'small', 'little'
Proto-Germanic
*lutilla- = 'small', 'little'
Gothic
leitils = 'small', 'little' [1]
Old Norse
lítill = 'little' [2] [3] [4] [1]
Gothic
leitils = 'little' [4]
Old High German
luzzil = 'little' [1]
Old Saxon
luttil = 'little' [1]
Low German
lütt = 'little', 'small'
Old Swedish
litil = 'little' [3]
lītil = 'little' [1]
litin = 'little' [3]
lītin = 'little' [1]
Old Danish
lidel = 'little' [4]
Old English
lyt = 'little', 'few'
lýtel = 'little', 'small' [1]
Swedish
lilla / lille = 'little' (weak declension) [1]
Danish
lille = 'little' [1]
Related Names
See Lítli and Lill
Combinations
See also Lilltösen
First Element Forms
Lil-
Lill-
Lilla-
Lille-
Last Element Forms
-il
-ill
-illa
-lil
-lild
-lill
-lille
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Elof Hellquist: Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1922)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Book: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog|Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog]] (1999)