VIK

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

vík = 'bay', 'small inlet' [1] [2]
vík = 'a small creek', 'inlet', 'bay' [3]

Related Names

See VíkingR

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
ANDR see Wikander
GEIR see *Wīkugaizaz
HER see *Wīkuharjaz
VAR see *Wīkuwarjaz

First Element Forms

Vik- Wik- Vík- *Wīk-
*Wīku-

Last Element Forms

References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
  3. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)