Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element
Old Norse
vandr = 'difficult', 'requiring pains and care' [1] [2] [3]
vandr = 'to be under obligation to a person' [1] [3]
vandr = 'careful', 'particular about', 'choice', 'picked' [1] [2]
vandr = 'zealous' [2]
Old Saxon
wand = 'changeable' [3]
gi-wand = 'turn', 'twist' [3]
Old High German
want = 'change' [3]
Old English
ġe-wand = 'concern', 'doubt', 'fear' [3]
Combination
First Element Forms
Vand-
Wand-
Wanda-
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)