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Contents
Origin and Meaning
In some combinations it is difficult or impossible to tell if the element belongs to AI or maybe to similar elements like EY or EIN instead.
Ancient Germanic
*aiṷ- = 'lifetime, vitality' [1]
*aịu- = 'lifetime, vitality' [1]
Proto Norse
*aiwa- = 'always' [2] [3] [4]
*aiwa = 'always' [4]
Old Norse
ǣvi = 'life' [5] [1]
ǣvi = 'eternity, time, life' [6]
Gothic
aiws = 'time, eternity' [5] [1]
aiw = 'ever' [7]
Old High German
ēwa = 'eternity' [5] [1] [8]
ēwa = 'right', 'law' [8] [9] [10]
ēwī = 'eternity', 'time', 'life' [6]
Middle High German
ē = 'eternity' [1]
ēwe = 'eternity' [1]
Anglo-Saxon
ǣfre = 'ever' [7]
áwa = 'ever' [7]
Related Names
See Aiva
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BJÖRN | see Æibiǫrn |
| BJÖRT | see Ebert |
| GLO | see Eygló |
| GEIR | see *Aiwigaizaz |
| GRET | see Eigrét |
| HER | see *Aiwiharjaz |
| HVAT | see Æihvatr |
| LEIF | see ÆilæifR |
| LIF | see *Aiwa-līƀaR |
| LIKN | see Æilíkn |
| MUND | see Æimundr |
| NIUT | see Æiniútr |
| RIK | see *Aiwa-rikiaR and Ewaric |
| VALD | see Ewawald (German) |
| ÞORN | see Æiþorn |
First Element Forms
Ai-
*Aiwa-
*Aiwi-
E-
Ee-
Ei-
Ej-
Ewa-
Je-
Ä-
Æi-
Æv-
Ǣv-
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)