Old Germanic Elements

uodil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heritage".

upp Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "up".

uzdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "point, tip".

vagn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wagon".

valdr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ruler".

valkyrja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Valkyrie", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser".

valr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "the dead, the slain (of battle)".

vangr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".

vanr Old Norse
Old Norse word referring to a member of the Vanir group of gods.

vár Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "spring (season)".

vargr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "outlaw, wolf".

varr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "aware, cautious".

vé Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "holy, sanctuary".

vegr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "way, path, road".

veig Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strength".

vestr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "west".

víg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "war, battle".

vík Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cove, inlet".

víkingr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "viking".

vili Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "will, desire".

villr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

vindr 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wind".

vindr 2 Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse element possibly meaning "victor, winner".

vinr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "friend".

vintr Old Norse
Old East Norse word meaning "winter".

vir Old Norse
Old Norse element, probably meaning either "warrior, fighter" (related to wīgą) or "holy man" (related to wīhaz).

víðir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

víðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wide, large".

viðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "tree, wood".

vizkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wise".

vǫllr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "field, meadow".

vǫr Old Norse
Feminine form of varr.

vǫrðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "guard, guardian".

vrá Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "corner, nook".

wacu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wake, vigil".

waddi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "pledge".

wadją Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "pledge".

wægn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wagon".

wær Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "aware, cautious".

wæter Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "water".

wagan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wagon".

wagnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wagon".

waigō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "strength".

wakkar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "awake, vigilant".

wakraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "awake, vigilant".

wakrs 𐍅𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "awake, vigilant".

walah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman".

walaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "the dead, the slain (of battle)".

wald 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "forest".

wald 2 Old Saxon (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "ruler" or "power, authority".

waldą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "power, authority".

waldaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to rule".

waldaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "powerful, mighty, ruler".

walh Old Saxon (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman".

walhaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman" (probably derived from the name of the Celtic tribe of the Volcae).

walt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "power, authority".

walþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "field, forest".

wan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hope, expectation".

wandilaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "a Vandal", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

wang Old High German
Old High German word meaning "meadow".

wanga Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "cheek".

wangaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "meadow".

wangô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "cheek".

wani Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frankish word meaning "hope, expectation".

war 1 Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "aware, cautious".

war 2 Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "true".

waraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "aware, cautious".

ward Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "guard, guardian".

wardaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "guard, guardian".

wards 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "guard, guardian".

warjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to ward off, to prevent".

warnon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to warn".

warnōną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to warn".

wars 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "aware, cautious".

wart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "guard, guardian".

watar Old Germanic (Hypothetical), Old Dutch
Germanic and Old Dutch word meaning "water".

wazzar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "water".

wealcan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to move".

weald 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "powerful, mighty" or "power, authority".

weald 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "forest".

wealh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "foreigner, Celt".

weall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wall" (of Latin origin).

weard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "guard, guardian".

weban Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to weave".

webaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to weave".

wefan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to weave".

weg Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "way, path, road".

wegaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "way, path, road".

wehsal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to change".

wehtiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "thing".

welig Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "willow".

weligaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "willow".

weljô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "will, desire".

welþjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

wēniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hope, expectation".

weniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "friend".

wentil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a Vandal", referring to the Germanic tribe.

weoh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "idol, image".

weosule Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "weasel".

wer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dam, weir".

wēraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "true, reliable, friendly".

werd Old High German
Old High German word meaning "worthy".

werien Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to defend, to protect".

wers 𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "friendly, agreeable, true".

werþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "worthy".

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

westeraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "west".

wetti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pledge".

wib Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wife, woman".

wībą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wife, woman".

wic Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "village, town", ultimately from Latin vicus.

wid Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "wide, large".

wīdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wide, large".

widu Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "tree, wood".

widuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "tree, wood".

wig Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish word meaning "war, battle".

wīgą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "war, battle".

wīhaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "holy, sacred".

wiht Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "creature, being, wight, thing".

wīlą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "craft, cunning, wile".

wilde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

wildi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

wilga Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "willow".

willa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "will, desire".

wille Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "well (for water), water hole, stream".

willio Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "will, desire".

willo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "will, desire".

wine Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "friend".

wingart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "vineyard".

wini Old High German, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "friend".

winn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "meadow, pasture".

winnaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "labour, strive, win, gain".

wintar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "winter".

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

winþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word (possibly) meaning "victor, winner".

wintruz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "winter".

wirt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "host".

wit 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wide, large".

wit 2 Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "white".

witu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "tree, wood".

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

wolf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wolf".

womb Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "belly, womb, hollow".

worþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure".

wrisjǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "giant".

wudu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "tree, wood".

wulf Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "wolf".

wulfaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wolf".

wulfs 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "wolf".

wunjō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "joy, bliss".

wunna Old High German
Old High German word meaning "joy, bliss".

wurhtijô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "maker, worker, wright".

wurhto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "maker, worker, wright".

wynn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "joy, bliss".

wyrhta Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "maker, worker, wright".

ýr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "yew tree, bow".