Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
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Snow |
New name element
Ancient Norse
*faznu = 'snowdrift' [1]
Old Norse
fǫnn = 'snow', 'snowdrift' [2]
fǫnn = 'snowdrift' [1]
Icelandic
fönn = 'snowdrift' [3] [4]
Norwegian
fonn = 'snowdrift' [2]
Related Names
Fǫnn, Fanný
Combinations
First Element Forms
Fann-
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)