EL

From Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de - All rights reserved.

Nameguide note desktop.png

Nameguide note mobile.png

Name Element

Advertisement:


Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

él = 'snow-shower' [1]

Icelandic

él = 'hail-shower', 'snow-shower' [2]

Danish

iling = 'rain-shower', 'snow-shower' [1] [3]

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
GRIM see Éljagrímur (Norse)

First Element Forms

Élja-

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  2. Sven B. F. Jansson: Norstedts isländsk-svenska ordbok (1994)
  3. Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Book: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog|Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog]] (1999)