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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element (see also ÞJOF)
Proto-Norse
-þewaR = 'servant' [1]
*þewaz = 'servant' [2]
Old Norse
-þér = 'servant' [1] [3] [4] [5]
Gothic
þius = 'servant' [3] [1]
þiu-s = 'servant' [2]
Old High German
thio = 'servant' [4]
theo = 'servant' [4]
Old Saxon
thio = 'servant' [4]
theo = 'servant' [4]
Old English
ðéo = 'servant' [4]
ðéow = 'servant' [4]
þēo = 'servant'
þeow = 'servant' [6]
þéow = 'servant' [7]
þēow = 'servant'
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| HAM | see Hamþér |
| HJALM | see Hjálmþér |
| VAL | see Wealhþéow (English) |
| WULD | see Wulþuþewaz |
See also Angantýr
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kristian Hald: Personnavne i Danmark - Oldtiden (1971)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Per Vikstrand: Förkristna sakrala personnamn i Skandinavien (Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica 27 (2009), 5–31)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)