Words

rot Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "red".

rota Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wheel".

róðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rowing".

rotundus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "round".

ṛṣi ऋषि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sage, poet".

ṛtu ऋतु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "season, period".

rúad Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "red".

ruber Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red".

rudą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "cleared land".

rum 1 רוּם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to exalt, to be high, to rise up".

rum 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "roomy, spacious".

rūmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "roomy, spacious".

ruměnŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "ruddy, rosy".

rún Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "secret lore, rune".

run Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "secret lore, rune".

runa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "secret lore, rune".

runcare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to weed, to clear".

rūnō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "secret lore, rune".

rūpa रूप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "shape, beauty, form".

russus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red, reddish-brown".

ruð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cleared land".

rūz روز Persian
Persian word meaning "day".

rūzeh روزه Persian
Persian word meaning "fasting".

rwm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be high".

ryba рꙑба Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "fish".

ryge Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rye".

sa 7 Nguni
Nguni word meaning "still, continuing to be".

sá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "dry".

sà 2 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "answer, reply".

saari Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "island".

ṣabāḥ صباح Arabic
Arabic word meaning "morning".

ṣabara صبر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to bind, to be patient".

sabt سبت Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Saturday", usually written with the definite article: السبت (al-sabt).

ṣadaqa صدق Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to tell the truth".

sādhanā साधना Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "accomplishment, completion".

sæ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sea".

sær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sea".

ṣafā صفا Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be clear, to be pure".

saga Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "tale, story".

sagu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "saw".

sahsą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "knife".

sahsaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe (derived from sahsą).

sahso Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

saʿida سعد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be happy, to be lucky".

śaila शैल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "mountain".

saiwiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sea".

sajada سجد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to bow down, to prostrate".

sak ศักดิ์ Thai
Thai word meaning "power", of Sanskrit origin.

sākṣin साक्षिन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "witness".

śakti शक्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "power".

sal 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "salt".

sal 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "house, hall".

ṣalāḥ صلاح Arabic
Arabic word meaning "righteousness".

ṣalaḥa صلح Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be good, to be proper".

salām سلام Arabic
Arabic word meaning "peace".

salba 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌰 Old High German, Gothic
Old High German and Gothic word meaning "salve, ointment".

salbō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "salve, ointment".

sali Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "house, hall".

sālim سالم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "safe".

salīm سليم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "safe".

salima سلم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be safe".

salix Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "willow".

saliz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "house, hall".

salo 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dark, black".

salo 2 Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "forest".

salr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "room, hall".

sals 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "house, hall".

saltus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "grove of trees, glade".

salus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "health".

salvus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "safe, healthy".

salwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dusky, sallow".

śam शम् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "auspicious, lucky".

sama सम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "level, even, same".

samā سما Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be high".

samāʾ سماء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "sky, heaven".

samara 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word for the winged seeds that grow on trees such as maples and elms.

samara 2 سمر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to talk in the evening".

samdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sand".

sāmiḥ سامح Arabic
Arabic word meaning "forgiving, kind".

samīḥ سميح Arabic
Arabic word meaning "forgiving, kind".

samīra समीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wind, air".

saṃjita संजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "complete victory".

saṃjīva संजीव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "living, reviving".

sampatti सम्पत्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "success, prosperity, wealth".

samuḥa سمح Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be kind, to be magnanimous".

sana 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "healthy".

sanā سنا Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to gleam, to shine".

sanctorum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "of the saints" (occurs in Omnium Sanctorum referring to All Saints' Day).

sanctus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "holy, saintly".

sand Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sand".

sandīp सन्दीप् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "to blaze, to burn".

sandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sand".

sañjana सञजन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "uniting, joining".

sanjati сањати South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "to dream".

sant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sand".

śāntī शान्ती Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "quiet, peace, tranquility".

sape Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "soap".

sappheiros σάπφειρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli" (ultimately derived from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir)).

sar سر Persian
Persian word meaning "head".

sara 1 שָׂרָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to have power, to contend, to fight".

sara 2 שָׂרָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman".

sarā سرى Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to travel by night".

śarad शरद् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "autumn".

sarala सरल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "straight".

saran саран Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "moon".

saras सरस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fluid, water, lake".

sārikā सारिका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a type of thrush (species Turdus salica) or myna bird (species Gracula religiosa).

sarita सरित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "flowing".

śarman शर्मन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "protection, comfort, joy".

sarnai сарнай Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "rose".

šarru Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "king".

sartor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tailor, patcher".

šarŭ шаръ Medieval Slavic
Old Church Slavic word meaning "colour" (probably of Turkic origin).

sarv سرو Persian
Persian word meaning "cypress" (of Sumerian origin).

sarva सर्व Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "all, whole".

sarveśa सरवेश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ruler of all".

sas Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "eagle".

śaśa शश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "hare", also a traditional name for the moon.

sat सत् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "existing, true, virtuous" or "existence, essence".

satya सत्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "truth, reality".

savate French
French word meaning "shoe".

savitṛ सवितृ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "rouser, the sun".

sāyeh سایه Persian
Persian word meaning "shadow, shade, protection".

sayf سيف Arabic
Arabic word meaning "sword".

sayl سيل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "flood, stream, torrent".

scalc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "servant".

sceaga Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "thicket, copse".

sceaphyrde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shepherd, sheep herder".

scearp Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sharp".

scenken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to pour out".

schola Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "school".

schroden Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "to cut".

schröter German
German word meaning "beer-porter, wine-porter".

sciene Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beautiful".

scieran Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut, to shear".

scilt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shield".

scir 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shire, district".

scir 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright".

sconi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beautiful, good, nice".

Scot English
English word for a Scotsman, from Latin Scotus, referring to the Gaelic speakers of northern Britain.

Scotus Ancient Roman
Latin word for a Scotsman, referring to the Gaelic speakers of northern Britain.

scrian Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to shout, to yell".

scriba Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "scribe, writer".

scrinium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "box, chest".

sculdheizo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "arbiter, debt settler".

scuoh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shoe".

ṣe Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "do, make".

seaxa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

sebě себѣ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to oneself" (dative case of *sę).

sebo σέβω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to worship, to honour".

sedom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "peace" or "fairy mound, tumulus".

sedŭlo Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "saddle".

segan סְגָן Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "assistant".

segiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "victory".

ṣẹ́gun Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "conquer".

śekhara शेखर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "crest, crown, peak, top".

selene σελήνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "moon".

selja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow, sallow".

sěmĭja сѣмьꙗ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "family".

şen Turkish
Turkish word meaning "happy".

sen 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "old".

seng ແສງ Lao
Lao word meaning "light".

sěnĭ сѣни Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "shadow".

senos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "old".

senþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "path, journey, time, instance".

seo 5 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "sea".

seolfor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "silver".

seppä Finnish
Finnish word meaning "smith".

ser սէր Ancient Armenian
Old Armenian word meaning "love".

serra Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "saw (tool)".

servire Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to serve".

setāreh ستاره Persian
Persian word meaning "star".

sethu Nguni
Nguni word meaning "our".

setjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to sit".

ṣeun Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "thank".

sev Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "love, like".

sevda Medieval Turkic
Turkish word meaning "love, infatuation" (of Arabic origin).

sevinc Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "joy".

shaʾal שָׁאַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to ask".

shaʿbān شعبان Arabic
Arabic word referring to the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.

shabnam شبنم Persian
Persian word meaning "dew".

shād شاد Persian
Persian word meaning "happy, glad".

shafaqa شفق Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to pity, to sympathize".

shafaṭ שָׁפַט Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to judge".

shaḡa שָׁגָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to stray, to err".

shāh شاه Persian
Persian word meaning "king".

shāhīn شاهین Persian
Persian word meaning "falcon".

shai שַׁי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "gift, present".

shakara شكر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to thank".

shalam שָׁלַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be complete, to be at peace".

shalem שָׁלֵם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "complete, safe, peaceful".

shalom שָׁלוֹם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "peace".

shamʿ شمْع Arabic
Arabic word meaning "candles, wax".

shamaʿ שָׁמַע Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to hear, to listen".

shamar שָׁמַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to guard, to watch".

shams شمس Arabic
Arabic word meaning "sun".

sharaqa شرق Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to radiate, to shine, to rise".

sharufa شرف Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be noble, to be illustrious".

shavaʿ שָׁבַע Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "oath".

shaykh شيخ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "elder, chief, sheikh".

shelaḥ שֶׁלַח Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "dart, weapon, plant shoot".

shem שֵׁם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "name".

shemaʿ שֵׁמַע Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "report, news, fame".

shemesh שֶׁמֶשׁ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "the sun".

shen շէն Ancient Armenian
Old Armenian word meaning "happy".

shīr شیر Persian
Persian word meaning "lion".

shir שִׁיר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "song".

shqip Albanian
Albanian word meaning "Albanian" (of uncertain origin).

shuhra شهرة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "fame, reputation".

Sibylla Σίβυλλα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "prophetess, sibyl". It does not seem to have been used as a personal name during the classical Greek period.

siccus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "dry".

síd Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "peace" or "fairy mound, tumulus", both from a root meaning "to sit".

sídach Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "wolf".

siddha सिद्ध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "accomplished, proven".

siddhi सिद्धि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "accomplishment, success, attainment".

sige Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "victory".

sigi Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "victory".

sigis 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "victory".

sigr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "victory".

sigu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "victory".

śikhā शिखा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "crest, plume".

śīla शील Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "conduct, disposition, character".

silabar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "silver".

silubrą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "silver".

silva Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "forest".

silvaticus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wild, from the forest".

sim Turkish
Turkish word meaning "silver, glitter".

sīma सीम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boundary, limit".

sīmā سیما Persian
Persian word meaning "face, visage".

siṃha सिंह Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lion".

simi Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "rest".

simos σιμός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "flat-nosed".

sind Old High German
Old High German word meaning "path, journey".

singan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to sing, to chant".

sinþs 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "time, instance".

sittian Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "to sit".

šĭvĭcĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "tailor, shoemaker, cobbler".

skala скала Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "rock".

skáli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hut, shed".

skalkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "servant".

skankjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to pour out".

skauniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beautiful".

skenken Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to pour out".

skeran Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "to cut, to shear".

skeraną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to cut, to shear".

skirmen Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "to defend".

skirmjan Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "to defend".

skógr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "forest, wood".

skoltheti Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "arbiter, debt settler".

skorpios σκορπίος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "scorpion".

skrini Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "box, container" (of Latin origin).

skuldihaitijô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "debt settler".

ský Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cloud".

slán Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "health, safety" and also "challenge, defiance".

slava слава Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "glory, fame".

šlm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be safe, to be whole, peace".

sloboda слобода South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "freedom".

slot Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "lock".

slovák Slovak, Czech
Slovak form of Old Church Slavic slověne.

slověne Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word referring to the tribe of the Slavs (plural of slověninŭ).

sloz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "lock".

slūtą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "lock, bar for a door".

smæl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "small".

smaragdos σμάραγδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "emerald", of Semitic origin.

smaraṇa स्मरण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "recollection".

smid Old High German
Old High German word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiľŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "everlasting (flower)".

smith Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smola Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pitch, resin".

šmš Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "the sun".

snær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "snow".

snaiwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "snow".

snaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "snow".

sněgŭ снѣгъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "snow".

sneha स्नेह Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "love, tenderness, oiliness".

snel Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "quick, fast".

snellaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "quick, fast".

sneo Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "snow".

snidan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to cut".

sniþan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut".

snithan Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to cut".

snīþaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to cut".

snuor Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rope, cord".

sò Igbo
Igbo word meaning "follow, accompany".

śobhā शोभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brilliance".

sobolĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sable, marten".

sóer Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "free".

śokā शोका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sorrow, grief".

sokolŭ соколъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "falcon".

sól Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sun".

sol 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sun".

sol 2 Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "to fade, to wilt".

soldŭkŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sweet".

solos σόλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lump of iron".

sǫlr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sallow, yellow, pale".

solum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "ground, floor".

solvĭjĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "nightingale".

som สม Thai
Thai word meaning "worthy, suitable", of Sanskrit origin.