Old Germanic Elements

á Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "river, stream, creek".

ac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oak".

ackar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "field".

adal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "noble".

æcer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "field".

æcermann Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ploughman".

ælf Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "elf".

ængle Anglo-Saxon
Old English name of the Germanic tribe the Angles.

æppel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "apple".

æsc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ash tree".

æðele Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "noble".

after Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "behind".

agaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fear".

aggju Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "edge, blade".

agi Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "awe, fear".

agil Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element, probably a lengthened form of *agjō meaning "edge, blade".

agin Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element, probably a lengthened form of *agjō meaning "edge, blade".

agjō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "edge, blade".

ahsa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axle".

ahwō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "river".

aiks Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "oak".

ailidaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fire".

ainaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "one".

airmans 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "whole, great, immense".

airþa 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "earth, soil".

aiw Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "law, custom".

aiwaz 1 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "eternity, age".

aiwaz 2 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "law".

aiws 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "eternity, age".

aizō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "honour, respect".

akker Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "field".

akr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "field".

akraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "field".

alb Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "elf".

albaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "elf".

ald Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "old".

aldaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "old".

alfr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elf".

alh Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "temple, shelter".

alhs Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "temple, shelter".

aljaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "zeal".

aljaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "other, else".

aljis 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "other".

all Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "all".

allaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "all".

alles Old High German
Old High German word meaning "other, else".

alljas Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "other, else".

allr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "all".

alls 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "all".

almr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elm".

alt Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "old".

amal Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element, possibly referring to the Gothic dynasty of the Amali, possibly meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave".

amals 𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic element, possibly referring to the royal dynasty of the Amali, possibly meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave".

anado Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "zeal".

anadô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "breath, spirit".

angil 1 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word referring to the Germanic tribe the Angles (see Angel).

angil 2 Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "angel" (of Greek origin).

anker Old High German
Old High German word meaning "anchor" (of Latin origin).

anne Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alone, solitary".

anô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ancestor".

ansetl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hermitage".

ansi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "god".

anstiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "grace, love".

ansu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "god".

ansuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "god".

anto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "zeal".

anu 1 Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse word meaning "ancestor".

aplaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "apple".

appel Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "apple".

arbaidiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "work, labour".

arbeit Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "work".

ardiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "crop, produce".

ari 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "eagle".

arn Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "eagle".

arno Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "eagle".

arô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "eagle" (genitive *arniz).

asc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ash tree".

ask Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "ash tree".

askaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ash tree".

áss Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "god", referring to one of the Æsir.

aðal Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "nobility".

aþal Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "nobility".

aþalaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "noble".

aþals 𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "nobility".

aþn 𐌰𐌸𐌽 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "year".

aþnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "year".

atta 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "father".

atto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "father".

attô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "father".

aud Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "wealth, fortune".

audaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wealth, fortune".

auds 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "wealth, fortune".

aują Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wellness".

aujō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "island, wetland".

austr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "east".

austrą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "east".

auðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wealth, fortune".

awahaimaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "maternal uncle".

awi Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element of unknown meaning.

awǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "grandmother".

badu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frankish word meaning "battle".

badwō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle".

bæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stream".

bæcere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baker".

bærnan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to burn".

bærnet Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a burning".

baggi Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bundle, pack, bag".

bagmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beam, tree".

bah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "stream".

bairgo 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐍉 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "help, protection".

bakari Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "baker".

bakārijaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "baker".

bakiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stream".

bakki Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bank, ridge".

bald Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bold, brave".

balþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bold, brave".

ban Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bone".

bardaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beard".

bardǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "axe".

bart Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "beard".

barta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axe".

baso Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "uncle, kinsman".

baswô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "uncle, kinsman".

bat Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "boat".

batu 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".

baugaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ring, bracelet, armlet, something bent".

baunō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bean".

beadu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "battle".

beald Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bold, brave".

beall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ball".

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

bearn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "child, son".

beburaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beaver".

bece Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beech tree".

beckari Old High German
Old High German word meaning "baker".

beki Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "stream".

bekkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

beo Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bee".

beofor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beaver".

beonet Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

beorc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "birch tree".

beorg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "mountain, hill".

beorht Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright".

beorn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "warrior, man", probably originally meaning "bear".

beos Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

bera Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bear (animal)".

beraht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bright".

bere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "barley".

berg Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "mountain, hill".

bergaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mountain, hill, shelter".

bergō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "help, salvation".

berht Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "bright".

berhtaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bright".

berkō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "birch tree".

bern Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bear (animal)".

bernuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bear (animal)".

bero Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bear (animal)".

berô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bear (animal)".

beusu Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "reed, rush, bent grass".

bibar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beaver".

biben Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to tremble".

bibēną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to tremble".

binut Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "reed, rush, bent grass".

birka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "birch tree".

bjǫrg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "help, salvation".

bjǫrk Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "birch tree".

bjǫrn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bear (animal)".

blac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pale, shining, white".

blæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "black".

blanc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "white".

blank Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "white".

blankaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "white, blank".

blao Old High German
Old High German word meaning "blue".

blau Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "blue".

blaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "blue".

blēwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "blue".

bliþe Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "happy, blithe".

blóm Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bloom, flower".

blōmô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bloom, flower".

blund Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "golden brown".

blundaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mixed".

bluomo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bloom, flower".

bod Old Frisian, Old Saxon (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frisian, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "command, order".

bōkō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beech tree".

bold 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "house".

bom Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "tree".

bona Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "bean".

bord Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "board, plank".

borg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

bót Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "remedy, improvement".

bot 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "command, order".

bot 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "remedy, help".

bǫð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle".

botm Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ground, soil, bottom".

bōtō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "improvement".

boug Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ring, bracelet".

boum Old High German
Old High German word meaning "tree".

brad Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "broad".

braidaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "broad".

brand Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

brandaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

brandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

brant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

breit Old High German
Old High German word meaning "broad".

breowan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to brew".

brer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "briar".

brewwaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to brew".

bridd Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "young bird".

brink Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "edge, slope".

brinkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "edge, margin".

briuwan Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "to brew".

broc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "brook, small stream".

brōkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "swamp".

brun Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "brown".

brūnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "brown".

brunjo 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "breastplate".

brunjǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "breastplate".

brúnn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "brown".

brunna Old High German
Old High German word meaning "armour".

brunnja Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "armour".

bruoc Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "wetland, marsh".

brycg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bridge".

brynja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "armour".

bucc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "buck, male deer".

budą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "offer".

bula Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bull".

bullo Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "bull".

bulô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bull".

buohha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beech tree".

bur Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old High German, Old English, Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "dwelling, room". In Old High German it also acquired the meaning "peasant", and later "farmer".

būrą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dwelling, cabin, hut".

burdą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "board, plank".

burg Old High German, Old Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon, Old English, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

burgz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

burna Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spring, fountain, stream".

busc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bush".

busk Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bush".

buskaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bush".

butil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bag, pouch".

býr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "farm, settlement".

byrgen Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "burial mound".

cærse Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "watercress".

ceald Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cold".

ceapian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to buy, to trade".

cempa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "champion, warrior".

cene Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bold, keen".

ceol Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "keel (of a ship)".

cild Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baby, child".

cirice Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "church" (from Greek).

clæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "clay".

clif Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cliff".

cloh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleft, ravine, cliff".

cniht Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "servant, apprentice".

coc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a cook".

cocc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rooster, cock".

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

copon Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to buy, to trade".

cot Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cottage, small house".

crawe Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "crow".

cumb Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "valley".

cuþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "known, familiar".

cwic Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alive".

cyne Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "kingly, royal".

cyning Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "king".

cyningdom Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "kingdom".

dæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "day".

dæl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dale, valley".

dag Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "day".

dagaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "day".

dagr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "day".

dal Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "dale, valley".

dalaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dale, valley".

dallr Old Norse
Old Norse word possibly meaning "glowing, shining".

dalr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dale, valley".

damm Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch and Old English word (unattested) meaning "dam".

dammaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dam".

dammr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dam".

danc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".

danir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Dane", referring to the Germanic tribe.

deah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dye".

denu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "valley".

deore Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dear".

deurjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dear".

dic Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "ditch, dike".

dīkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic word meaning "ditch, pond".

diota Old High German
Old High German word meaning "people, tribe".

dís Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "goddess".

dīsiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "goddess, woman".

diutisk Old High German
Old High German word meaning "of the people, of the tribe, German".

djúr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "animal".

dorf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "village".

dorn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "thorn".

draen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to turn".

dresken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to thresh".

drud Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "strength".

dun Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hill, mountain".

duna Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "dune, hill".

dunn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dark, brown".

dūnǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hill, dune" (possibly of Celtic origin).

durri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dry" (later acquiring the meaning "thin").