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VIG
Contents
Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element (see also VI)
VIG as a last element in female names was probably originally VI [1]
Ancient Germanic
wīg = 'fight', 'battle' [2]
*weik- = 'to fight', 'to battle' [3]
Proto-Norse
*wih = 'fight' [4]
*wīh = 'fighter' [5]
wik = 'fight' [4]
Old Norse
víg = 'fight', 'battle' [6] [7] [8]
vígr = 'in fighting condition', 'able to fight' [6] [7] [9]
Old Swedish
vigh = 'fight', 'battle' [10]
Vīg- = 'fight', 'battle' [2]
Vīgh- = 'fight', 'battle' [2]
Old High German
wīg = 'fight', 'battle' [10]
wîg = 'fight', 'battle'
Related Names
See Wega, Wiebe, Viga, Vigge, Vígi, Vígnir, *Wīgiaz, Viiki, Vika
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ADAL | see Adalwig (German) |
| ALM | see Alvíg (Norse) |
| BALD | see Vígbaldur (Norse) |
| BJÖRN | see Vígbiǫrn (Norse) |
| BJÖRT | see Wigberta (German) |
| BORG | see Wigburg (German) and Vigbjørg (Norse) |
| BRAND | see Vígbrandur (Norse) |
| BUD | see Vígbjóðr (Norse) |
| DIARF | see VígdiarfR (Norse) |
| DIS | see Vígdís (Norse) |
| ELS | see Elsvig (Norse) |
| FAST | see Vígfastr (Norse) |
| FRÍÐ | see Vigfrid (Norse) |
| FUSS | see Vígfúss (Norse) |
| GRIM | see Víggrímur (Norse) |
| GUNN | see Víggunnur (Norse) |
| HAD | see Haduwig (German) |
| HARD | see Hartwig (German) and Wighard (German) |
| HEIL | see Heilwig (German) |
| HER | see Herwig (German) and Vígarr (Norse) |
| HILD | see Hiltiwic (German) and Vighild |
| HJALM | see VíghialmR (Norse) |
| HLIF | see Vigliv (Norse) |
| HLÖD | see Chlodowich (German) |
| HVAT | see Víghvatr (Norse) |
| JÓÐ | see Jodvig (Norse) |
| LAUG | see Víglaugr (Norse) |
| LEIF | see Vigleif (Norse) |
| LEIK | see VíglæikR (Norse) |
| LIN | see Viggoline (Norse) |
| LÍN | see Viglín (Norse) |
| LUND | see Víglundr (Norse) |
| MANN | see Vígmaðr (Norse) |
| MAR | see *Wīgamāriz (Norse) and Wigmar (German) and Wigmær (English) |
| MUND | see Vígmundr (Norse) |
| NAND | see Wignand (German) |
| NIUT | see Vígniútr (Norse) |
| NY | see Vigný (Norse) |
| ODD | see Ortwig (German) |
| RAD | see Vígráðr (Norse) |
| RUN | see Vigrun (Norse) |
| STARK | see Vígsterkr (Norse) |
| STEIN | see Vígsteinn (Norse) |
| TYR | see Vigtýr (Norse) |
| ULF | see VígulfR (Norse) |
| UNN | see Vigunn (Norse) |
| VALD | see Vígvaldr (Norse) |
| ÞOR | see Vígþór (Norse) |
| ÞORN | see Vígþorn (Norse) |
First Element Forms
Vai-
Wai-
Ve-
Vei-
Wei-
Vi-
Vig-
Wig-
Víg-
Vīg-
Vigh-
Wigh-
*Wigh-
*Wīga-
Viggo-
Last Element Forms
-var
-ve
-vech
-veig
-ver
-vér
-vi
-wic
-vica
-wicus
-wich
-vieg
-vig
-wig
-víg
-wiga
-wigh
-vígR
-viiki
-viikki
-vik
-wik
-vík
-vika
-vike
-vikka
-vir
References
- ↑ Konrad Kunze: dtv-Atlas Namenkunde (2003)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Per Vikstrand: Förkristna sakrala personnamn i Skandinavien (Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica 27 (2009), 5–31)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)