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SLAG
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element of uncertain meaning. The connection to the Old Norse word slag and its related words in other Germanic languages below is an unconfirmed guess.
Old Norse
slag = 'blow', 'stroke', 'attack', 'fight' [1] [2] [3][4]
slagr = 'blow', 'stroke' [1] [4]
Gothic
slahs = 'blow', 'stroke' [5] [4]
Old Swedish
slagh = 'blow', 'stroke', 'attack' [3]
Old High German
slag = 'blow', 'stroke' [1] [5] [4]
Old Saxon
slėgi = 'blow', 'stroke' [1] [4]
Old English
slêġe = 'blow', 'stroke' [1]
slėġe = 'blow', 'stroke' [4]
Related Names
See Slagvi
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| FINN | see Slagfinnr |
| VER | see SlagvéR |
| VI | see Slagvi |
First Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)