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ENGEL
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Origin and Meaning
The original meaning of this name element is 'Angle, member of the Germanic people of the Angles'. They took their name from their region of origin, Angeln in Schleswig-Holstein (northern Germany). [1] [2] [3] [4]
The place name probably refers to the region's 'angular' contours or outline. Another theory is, that it derives from the 'angled' shape of the hooks used by fishermen ('anglers') there. [5]
It has early been associated with the modern word engel (Danish, Norwegian, German), ängel (Swedish) = 'angel' [1] [2] [3] [4]
Proto-Norse
*anʒilaR = 'hook for fishing' [6]
Old Norse
ǫngul-l = 'hook for fishing' [7]
Old High German
angul = 'hook for fishing', 'peak' [2] [7] [3]
Old Saxon
engil = 'Angle' [8]
angul = 'hook for fishing', 'peak' [7]
Related Names
See Angel, Engel, Engill, Enkka, Ingela and Ǫngull
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BJÖRT | see Engilberht (German) |
| BORG | see Engelburg (German) |
| EY | see Engley (Norse) |
| FRID | see Engelfried (German) |
| FRÍÐ | see Engilfríður (Norse) |
| FROST | see Frostängla (Norse) |
| GERD | see Engelgard (German) |
| HARD | see Engelhard (German) |
| JON | see Engiljón (Norse) |
| MARI | see Engilmaría (Norse) |
| RAD | see Engilráð (Norse) |
| ROS | see Engilrós (Norse) |
First Element Forms
Angil-
Em-
Enge-
Engel-
Engil-
Enkel-
Ing-
Inge-
Ingil-
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)