Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element
Old Norse
vakr = 'watchful', 'alert', 'wakeful' [1]
vakr = 'watchful', 'valiant', 'brave', 'fast' [2]
Old High German
wacchar = 'watchful', 'alert', 'wakeful' [3]
Middle High German
wacker = 'watchful', 'brave', 'fresh' [3]
Old English
wacor = 'watchful', 'alert', 'wakeful' [3]
Related Names
See Vakr
Combination
Last Element Forms
-vakr
-vakur
-vök
References
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)