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Origin and Meaning
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| Yew tree branch Image by 'Alpsdake',[1] licensed under Creative Commons |
Germanic name element (see also IV)
Ancient Germanic
Old Norse
ýr = 'yew tree', 'bow' [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Old Saxon
îch = 'yew tree' [8]
Anglo-Saxon
íw = 'yew tree' [9]
Middle English
ew = 'yew tree' [9]
Old High German
íwa = 'yew tree', 'bow' [10] [6]
īwa = 'yew tree', 'bow' [11]
îwa = 'yew tree' [8]
Middle High German
îwe = 'yew tree' [6]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| HER | see *Iwa-har (Norse) |
| RUN | see Ýrún (Norse) |
| VALD | see Ívaldi (Norse) |
First Element Forms
References
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by 'Alpsdake', source & license
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
- ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
