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Contents
Origin and Meaning
Proto-Norse
*anu- = 'ancestor' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
*anuR = 'ancestor', 'father' [2] [6] [3] [7] [8]
*anuz- = 'ancestor' [9]
*awan- = 'great-grandfather' [10]
Old Norse
ái = 'ancestor', 'great-grandfather' [11]
āi = 'great-grandfather' [10]
ai = 'ancestor' [12]
Old High German
Related Names
See Áki (Norse), Ái (Norse), Ane (Old Swedish), Anicho (German)
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BJÖRN | see Ábiǫrn |
| GAUT | see Ágautr |
| GEIR | see *Anu-ʒaiRaR |
| GERD | see Ágærðr |
| GISL | see Ásl |
| GUT | see Águti |
| HER | see *Anuherr |
| LAUG | see Ólaug |
| LEIF | see *AnulaiƀaR (Norse), Analeib (German), Anláf (English) |
| MOD | see Ámóða |
| MUND | see *Anumundr |
| NOR | see Anor |
| STEIN | see Åstein |
| VIND | see *Anuwinduz |
| VÖND | see *Anu-wanduR |
| ÞUNN | see Þunn-Áki |
First Element Forms
A-
Á-
An-
Ana-
Án-
Ann-
*Anu-
O-
Ó-
On-
Ón-
Å-
Aa-
Ån-
Ǫ-
Ön-
Ǫn-
*Ǫnn-
References
- ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Inger Lautin (Red.): Hva skal barnet hete? (1993)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)