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Origin and Meaning
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| Elm Tree Image by 'Ptelea',[1] licensed under Creative Commons |
Ancient Germanic
*el- = 'reddish', 'brownish' [2]
*ol- = 'reddish', 'brownish' [2]
Old Norse
álmr = 'elm tree' [3] [4]
álmr = 'bow' (of wood from an 'elm tree') [4]
álmr = 'man' (poetic) [4]
Old High German
ėlm = 'elm tree' [4]
Middle Low German
elm = 'elm tree' [2]
Old English
ėlm = 'elm tree' [4]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BORG | see Almborg |
| GAUT | see Almgautr |
| GEIR | see Álmgeirr |
| HER | see Almarr |
| RIK | see Almrik |
| STEIN | see Almsteinn |
| VEIG | see Almveig |
| VIG | see Alvíg |
| ÞOR | see Álmþór |
First Element Forms
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by 'Ptelea', source & license
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
