ZIER

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old High German

ziari = 'beauty', 'decoration' [1]
ziarī = 'beauty', 'glory', 'adornment' [2]

Old Norse

tīrr = 'glory', 'renown' [2]
tírr = 'glory', 'renown' [3]

Old English

tīr = 'glory', 'adornment' [2]

Middle High German

ziere = 'beauty', 'glory', 'adornment' [2]

German

Zier = 'beauty', 'adornment' [2]

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
HILD see Zierhild

First Element Forms

Zier-

References

  1. Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
  3. Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)