Ancient Elements

ḥawa חָוָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to breathe".

ḥaya חָיָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to live".

ḥaza חָזָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to see".

ḥazaq חָזַק Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to strengthen, to be strong".

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".

hedd Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "peace".

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".

helfa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "help".

helios ἥλιος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sun".

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".

hema हेम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "golden".

hen Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "old".

heofon Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sky, heaven".

heord Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "herd".

heorot Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hart, deer".

here 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "army".

heri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "army".

herizogo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "army leader, duke".

heros ἥρως Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "hero, warrior".

herr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "army, warrior".

herro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "master".

herutaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hart, male deer".

heruz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sword".

hiemi ἵημι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to throw".

hierde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "herdsman, guardian".

hieros ἱερός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sacred, divine".

hilaros ἱλαρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "cheerful".

hild Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "battle".

hildi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "battle".

hildiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle, fight".

hildr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle".

hilds 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "battle".

hilt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".

hippos ἵππος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "horse".

hir Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "long, tall".

hīra हीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "diamond".

hiruz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hart, deer".

histemi ἵστημι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to stand, to set up".

hjalmr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "helmet".

hjǫrr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sword".

hjǫrtr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hart, deer".

hlaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "mound, small hill".

hlíð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hillside, slope".

hlud Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "famous, loud".

hlūdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "loud, famous".

hlut Old High German
Old High German word meaning "famous, loud".

ḥnn 𐤇𐤍𐤍 Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical), Phoenician
Semitic root meaning "to be gracious".

hōbō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "plot of land".

hoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hook, angle".

hod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hood, hat".

hoḏ הוֹד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "majesty, splendour".

hōdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hood, hat".

hodos ὁδός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "road, way, journey".

hof Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "yard, court, house".

hogg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hog".

hoh 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "high".

hoh 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "heel, hough, point of land".

hok Old Frisian
Old Frisian word meaning "hook, angle".

hōkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hook".

hol Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hollow, sunken, deep".

hold Old High German
Old High German word meaning "favourable, gracious, graceful, loyal".

holegn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "holly".

hǫll Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hall, manor".

holmr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "small island".

holt Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old English, Old Norse, Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "forest".

holz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wood".

homo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "man".

honor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "honour".

hora Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "hour".

horh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dirt, mud, mucus".

horn Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German, Old Norse and Old Dutch word meaning "horn".

hors Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "horse".

hosha' na' הושע נא Ancient Aramaic
Aramaic expression meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew.

hǫð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle, combat".

houbit Old High German
Old High German word meaning "head".

houva Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "plot of land, farm".

houwan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to chop, to cut".

ḥr 𓎛𓂋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "face".

hraban Old High German
Old High German word meaning "raven".

hrabnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "raven".

hrace Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "throat, gorge".

hræfn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "raven".

hrafn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "raven".

hram Old High German, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "raven" (a variant of hraban).

hreiðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "nest, home".

hris Old High German
Old High German word meaning "twig, branch, bush".

hriðer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cattle, ox".

hrok Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "crow, rook".

hrōkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "crow, rook".

hrōmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fame, glory".

hros Old High German
Old High German word meaning "horse".

hross Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "horse".

hroth Old Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon word meaning "fame, glory".

hroð Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "fame, glory" (as a vocabulary word, it is spelled hreð).

hroþi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "fame, glory".

hrōþiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fame, glory".

hróðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "praise, fame, glory".

hroþs 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "fame, glory".

hruod Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "fame, glory".

hruoh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "crow, rook".

hruom Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fame, glory".

hryggr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ridge".

ḥtp 𓎛𓏏𓊪 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "peace, satisfaction".

hu 1 הוּא Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "he" (third-person pronoun).

hufą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "small hill, estate, house".

hugi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "mind, thought, spirit".

hugiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mind, thought, understanding".

hugr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mind, thought, mood".

hugu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mind, thought, spirit".

hulmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "small island".

hultą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wood".

hulþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "favourable, gracious, graceful".

humbal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bee".

hun 1 Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish element meaning "bear cub, offspring".

hūnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "knob, swelling, offspring".

hunig Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "honey".

huntian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to hunt".

huoba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "plot of land, farm".

huod Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "hood, hat".

huok Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "hook, corner".

huot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hood, hat".

hurną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "horn".

hursą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "horse".

hursaĝ 𒉺𒂅 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "mountain, foothill".

hurst Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "wood, thicket, nest".

hurstiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wood, thicket".

hus Old High German, Old Dutch, Anglo-Saxon
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old English word meaning "house".

hūsą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "house".

hux Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "insult, scorn".

hvítr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "white".

hwæte Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wheat".

hware 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 Avestan
Avestan word meaning "sun".

hwit Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "white".

hwītaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "white".

ḥwt 𓎛𓅱𓏏 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "house, temple, enclosure".

hwyfar Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "phantom, demon, magical being".

hyakinthos ὑάκινθος Ancient Greek
Greek word for the hyacinth flower.

hyll Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hill".

hymnos ὕμνος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song, hymn".

hyrst Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wood, thicket".

ḥyw Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be alive".

ʾi 1 אִי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "not".

ʾi 2 אִי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "coast, island".

i 7 י Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew suffix meaning "my".

ianuarius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "January".

id Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German element possibly meaning "work, labour".

ides ἴδης Ancient Greek
Greek patronymic suffix meaning "son of".

idiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "deed, doing".

ieg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "island".

iesin Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "shining, radiant, beautiful".

ʾilan אִילָן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "tree".

ʿim עִם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "with".

immaculata Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "immaculate".

indu इन्दु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "a drop".

indumat इन्दुमत् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "full moon".

ing Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch suffix meaning "belonging to".

ingaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic suffix meaning "belonging to".

inis Old Irish
Irish word meaning "island".

iole ἰόλη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "violet".

ion 1 ἴον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "violet (flower)".

Ion 2 Ἴων Ancient Greek
Greek word for a member of the tribe of the Ionians.

ior Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "lord".

iphios ἴφιος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "strong, stout".

iris ἶρις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rainbow". The genitive form is ἴριδος (iridos).

irmin Old High German
Old High German prefix meaning "whole, great, universal".

is Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "ice".

īśa ईश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ruler, lord, husband".

īsą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ice".

isarn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "iron".

īsarną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "iron".

isos ἴσος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "equal".

īśvara ईश्वर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lord, god".

itztli Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "obsidian".

iudd Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Old Welsh and Old Breton word meaning "lord".

iunius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "June".

iuvenis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "youth, young adult".

iw Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "yew tree".

iwa 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "yew tree".

īwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "yew tree".

ja 1 ज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "born".

jagat जगत् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "world, universe".

jagon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to hunt".

jaina जैन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "Jain, follower of Jainism".

jarl Old Norse
Old Norse noble title.

jarŭ ꙗръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bitter, fierce, energetic".

jāta जात Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "born, grown".

jaya जय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victory, conquest".

jayanta जयन्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victorious".

jĭskra Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "spark".

jita जित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "conquered".

jiti जिति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victory, conquering".

jĭva Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "willow".

jĭzbyti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to remain, to dispel".

jj 𓇋𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to come".

jǫfurr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "boar, prince".

jór Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "horse".

jǫrmun Old Norse
Old Norse prefix meaning "whole, great, immense".

jǫrð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "earth, soil".

jrj 𓇋𓂋𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "with respect to".

js 𓇋𓋴 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "that, for".

jt 𓇋𓏏 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "father".

jung 1 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "young".

jungaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "young".

jyotis ज्योतिस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light, brightness".

jyotiśa ज्योतिश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "astronomer".

jyotsnā ज्योत्स्ना Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "moonlight".

ka 10 𓎡𓄿 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "soul".

ka 8 क Sanskrit
Sanskrit affix meaning "little".

kaisaraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "emperor", derived from the Roman name Caesar.

kajjala कज्जल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "kohl, collyrium".

kake κάκη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "evil".

kalina Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "viburnum tree".

kallos κάλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beauty".

kalos καλός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beautiful".

kalpana कल्पन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "imagining, fantasy".

kalŭ калъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "dirt, mud".

kalyāṇa कल्याण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "beautiful, lovely, auspicious".

kāma काम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "love, desire".

kambos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Old Celtic word meaning "crooked, twisted".

kampijō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "soldier" (from Latin campus).

kanan כָּנַן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to plant, to establish".

kañcana कञ्चन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "gold".

kānta कान्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "desired, beloved, beautiful".

kānti कान्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "beauty".

kantos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Old Celtic word meaning "border, edge, rim".

kara 1 कर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "maker".

karaṇa करण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "clever, skillful".

kareti Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Old Celtic word meaning "to love, to desire".

karil Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "man".

karl Old High German, Old Norse
Old High German (also spelled karal) and Old Norse word meaning "man".

karlaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "man".

karpos καρπός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "fruit".

kárr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "curly, curved".

karuṇā करुणा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "compassion, mercy".

kasto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "crate".

katilaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "kettle, cauldron".

katus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "battle".

kaupōną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to buy, to trade" (related to Latin caupo).

kavaḏ כָּבַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be heavy, to be glorious".

kavitā कविता Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "poem, poetry".

kavŭka Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "jackdaw".

kazav כָּזַב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to lie, to deceive".

kaziti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to destroy".

ke ךְּ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew prefix meaning "like, as".

keisar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "emperor", derived from the Roman name Caesar.

kekasmai κέκασμαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to excel, to shine".

kemphio Old High German
Old High German word meaning "champion, warrior".

kentus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "first".

ketill Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "kettle, cauldron" (later also acquiring the meaning "helmet").

keulaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ship, keel".

khaj 𓐍𓂝𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to appear".

khwj 𓐍𓅱𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to protect".

ki 10 𒆠 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "place, ground, earth".

ki 9 כִּי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "that, because, since".

kind Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "child".

kindą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "child".

kīnu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "legitimate, true".

kiraṇa किरण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

kirihha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "church" (from Greek).

kirkja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "church" (via Old English from Greek).

kīrti कीर्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fame, renown".

kiśora किशोर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "colt".

kista Old High German
Old High German word meaning "chest, box" (via Latin from Greek).

kjarr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "thicket, brush".

kleini Old High German
Old High German word meaning "small, little".

kleitos κλειτός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "splendid, famous".

kleos κλέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "glory".

klytos κλυτός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "famous, noble".

kneht Old Germanic (Hypothetical), Old High German
West Germanic and Old High German word meaning "servant, apprentice".

knif Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "knife".

knopf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "button".

kǫdrĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "curl".

koh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a cook".

kok Old Saxon, Old Dutch
Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "a cook".

kokkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rooster, cock".

kokotŭ кокотъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "rooster".

kol Old High German
Old High German word meaning "coal".

kollo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "head, peak".

kolo 1 коло Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "wheel".

kolo 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "cabbage".

kom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "with".

konĭčĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "end".

kōniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "skillful, clever".