Old Germanic Elements

This is a list of elements in which the usage is Old Germanic.
usage
type
durri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dry" (later acquiring the meaning "thin").
dusnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "brown".
ea Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "river, stream".
ead Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wealth, fortune".
eald Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "old".
ealh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "temple".
eard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "land".
east Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "east".
ebur Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "boar".
eburaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "boar".
ecg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "edge, blade".
egg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "edge, blade".
eggia Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "edge, blade".
egi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fear".
ehwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "horse".
ei 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ever, always".
eih Old High German
Old High German word meaning "oak".
eik Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "oak".
ein Old High German
Old High German word meaning "one".
einig Old High German
Old High German word meaning "united".
einn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "one".
ekka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "edge, corner".
eldr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fire".
ellan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "courage".
en 3 Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "one".
ende Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "end, limit".
eng Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".
engil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "angel" (of Greek origin).
enig Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "only".
enz Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "giant".
eo Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "law, custom".
eofor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "boar".
eorl Anglo-Saxon
Old English noble title.
eormen Anglo-Saxon
Old English prefix meaning "whole, great, universal".
eowu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ewe".
era Old High German
Old High German word meaning "honour, respect".
erda Old High German
Old High German word meaning "earth, soil".
erkan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pure, holy, genuine".
erkn Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "pure, holy, genuine".
erknaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "pure, holy, genuine".
erlaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "noble".
ermun Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "whole, great, universal".
ermunaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "whole, great, universal".
ernust Old High German
Old High German word meaning "serious, earnest".
ernustaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "strife, seriousness".
ertha Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "earth, soil".
erþō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "earth, soil".
est Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grace".
eutaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word referring to the tribe of the Jutes.
ewa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "law, custom".
ey 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "island".
ey 2 Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "good fortune".
fæger Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beautiful".
falco Old High German, Late Roman
Old High German and Late Latin word meaning "falcon".
falki Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "falcon".
falkô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "falcon".
fanją Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fen, swamp".
fara Old High German
Old High German word meaning "journey".
farawa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "colour".
fardi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "journey".
fardiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "journey, voyage".
farn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fern".
farnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fern".
farō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "journey".
farþa 饜崋饜尠饜崅饜尭饜尠 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "journey, voyage".
faru Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "journey".
fastr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "firm, solid".
fastuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "firm, solid".
fearn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fern".
feld Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Saxon
Old English, Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "field".
felt Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "field".
felþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "field".
felu Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "much".
feni Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "fen, swamp".
fenn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fen, swamp".
fenni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fen, swamp".
fidula Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fiddle".
figa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fig" (of Latin origin).
filo Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "much".
filu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "much".
finnr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Sámi, person from Finland".
fisc Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "fish".
fiskaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fish".
fiskr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fish".
flæd Anglo-Saxon
Old English element possibly meaning "beauty" (unattested as a word).
flæmingr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Fleming, person from Flanders".
flint Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "flint".
flōduz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stream, flood".
fluot Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "stream, flood".
fogal Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "bird".
folk Old High German, Old Norse
Old High German and Old Norse word meaning "people".
ford Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ford, river crossing".
fors Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "waterfall".
forst Old High German
Old High German word meaning "forest".
fox Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fox".
frakkar Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Franks", referring to the Germanic tribe.
Franca Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a Frank", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.
Franko Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "a Frank", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.
frankô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "spear, javelin" and "a Frank", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.
fraujô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "lord, master".
freo Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "free".
fri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "free".
frīdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beautiful, beloved".
fridu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "peace".
frijaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "free".
frijōną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to love".
friþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "peace".
fríðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "beautiful, beloved".
friðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "peace, love".
friþu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "peace".
frithu Old Saxon, Old Dutch
Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "peace".
friþus 饜崋饜崅饜尮饜尭饜尶饜崈 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "peace".
friþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "peace".
frost Old High German, Anglo-Saxon
Old High German and Old English word meaning "frost".
frouwida Old High German
Old High German word meaning "joy".
frumô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "first".
frustaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "frost".
fuglaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bird".
fugol Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bird".
fuhs Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "fox".
fuhsaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fox".
fulk Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "people".
fulką Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "people".
funs 饜崋饜尶饜尳饜崈 Old High German, Gothic (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Gothic word meaning "ready".
funsaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ready, willing".
fuoren Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to lead".
gaddr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "spur, spike".
gæt Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gate".
gailaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "merry, happy".
gails 1 饜尣饜尠饜尮饜尰饜崈 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "merry, happy".
gails 2 饜尣饜尠饜尮饜尰饜崈 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "spear".
gair Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "spear".
gais 饜尣饜尠饜尮饜崈 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "spear".
gaits Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "goat".
gaizaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "spear".
galgô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "rod, stake, gallows".
gandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "magic item, wand, staff, monster".
gang 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "path, way".
gangaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "path, way".
gar Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spear".
garawen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to prepare".
gard Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "enclosure, yard".
gardaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "enclosure, yard".
gardô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "garden, enclosure, yard".
garo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ready, prepared".
gart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "enclosure".
garðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "enclosure, yard".
garto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "garden".
garwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ready, prepared".
garwjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to prepare".
gast Old High German
Old High German word meaning "guest, stranger".
gasti Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "guest, stranger".
gastiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "guest, stranger".
gat Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "goat".
gaut Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.
gautaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.
gautr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.
gawi Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "territory, region".
gawją Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "territory, region".
geba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "gift".
gebaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to give".
gebō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "gift".
gebu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "gift".
gefa Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to give".
geirr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "spear".
geiz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "goat".
geld Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "payment, tribute, compensation".
geldą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "payment, tribute, compensation".
gelt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "payment, tribute, compensation".
geoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oxen yoke".
geong Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "young".
ger Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Frisian
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Frisian word meaning "spear".
gerefa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "reeve, sheriff, prefect, official".
gersta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "barley".
giefu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gift".
gild 饜尣饜尮饜尰饜尦 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "payment, tribute, compensation".
gipt Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "gift".
gisal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pledge, hostage".
gísl Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "shaft (of a weapon), arrow".
gisl Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "pledge, hostage".
gīslaz 1 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "pledge, hostage".
gīslaz 2 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "shaft (of a weapon), arrow".
gladaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bright, cheerful".
glæd Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright, cheerful, glad".
glæs Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "glass".
glas 1 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "glass".
glasą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "glass".
gnýr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "noise, grumble, murmur".
god 1 Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "god".
god 2 Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "good".
gōdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "good".
gold Anglo-Saxon, Old High German
Old English and Old High German word meaning "gold".
gomo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "man".
got Old High German
Old High German word meaning "god".
góðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "good".
goz Old High German
Germanic affix meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.
græg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grey".
graf Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grove".
grafio Old High German
Old High German word meaning "count".
grand 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gravel".
grautaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "large, coarse".
gravo Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "count".
grein Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "branch".
grene Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "green".
gríma Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mask".
grīmô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mask".
grimo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mask".
gris Old High German
Old High German word meaning "grey".
grīsaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "grey".
grōniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "green".
grot Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "great, large".
groz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "great, large, coarse".
gruoni Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "green".
grýja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to dawn, to begin to shine".
gudą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "god".
gulþą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "gold".
guma 饜尣饜尶饜尲饜尠 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "man".
gumô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "man".
gunda Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".
gunnr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle, war".
gunþi 饜尣饜尶饜尳饜尭饜尮 Gothic (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Gothic and Frankish word meaning "battle, war".
gunþī Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle".
guot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "good".
guð 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "battle".
guð 2 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "god".
habą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sea".
habaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "oat".
habuh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hawk".
habukaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hawk".
hadu Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "battle, combat".
hæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fence, enclosure".
hær Anglo-Saxon
Old English word (possibly) meaning "rock, heap of stones".
hæþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "heath, wilderness".
haf Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sea, ocean".
hafan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pot, vessel".
hafoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hawk".
hag Old High German
Old High German word meaning "enclosure, hedge".
haga Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure, yard".
hagaþorn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hawthorn".
hagi 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "enclosure, pasture".
hago Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "enclosure".
hagô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "enclosure, pasture".
haidraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bright, clear".
haidu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "kind, sort, type".
haiduz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "manner, kind, type".
haifstiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "conflict, struggle".
hail Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "healthy, whole".
hailaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "healthy, whole".
haim Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "home".
haimaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "home".
haiþī Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "heath, wilderness".
halh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "nook, recess".
halla Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hall, manor".
hallō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hall, manor".
hallr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rock, boulder, slab".
halluz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "rock, boulder, slab".
ham 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "home, estate, settlement".
ham 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "water meadow, enclosure".
hamel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "crooked, mutilated".
hano Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "rooster".
hár Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "high".
har 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grey".
hara 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hare".
hard Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
harduz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hard, firm, brave".
hari 2 Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "army".
harjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "army".
hart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
harðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
haso Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "hare".
hasô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hare".
haþu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "battle, combat".
hathu Old Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon word meaning "battle, combat".
haþus 饜尫饜尠饜尭饜尶饜崈 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "battle, combat".
haþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle, combat".
haubudą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "head".
haugr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hill, cairn".
hauhaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "high".
heafod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "head".
heah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "high".
heall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hall, manor".
heard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
heg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hay".
heida Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heath, heather".
heil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "healthy, whole".
heill Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "healthy, whole".
heim Old High German
Old High German word meaning "home".
heimr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "home".
heisti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "loud, violent".
heit Old High German
Old High German suffix meaning "kind, sort, type". It converts an adjective into a noun.
heitha Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "heath, heather".
heiðr 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bright, clear".
heiðr 2 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "heath, moor".
heiðr 3 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "honour, worth".
helfa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "help".
helm Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish word meaning "helmet".
helmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "helmet".
helpō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "help".
helpu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "help".
hem Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "home".