Ancient Elements

mithra 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Avestan
Avestan word meaning "oath, covenant, agreement".

mitra मित्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "friend".

mlk 𐤌𐤋𐤊 Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical), Phoenician
Semitic root meaning "to rule, king".

mnester μνηστήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wooer, courter".

mōdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mind, mood".

mōdēr Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mother".

moha मोह Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "bewilderment, perplexity".

mohana मोहन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "infatuating, enchanting".

mohita मोहित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "infatuated, fascinated, bewildered".

mojĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "my".

moldŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "young".

molka Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pool, puddle, marsh".

mona Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "moon".

mons Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "mountain".

montanus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "mountainous".

mór 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "great, big".

mór 2 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "moor, heath, bog".

mor 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "moor, heath, bog".

mor 2 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "sea".

mor 3 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "demon, evil spirit".

mōraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "moor, heath, bog".

morgan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "morning".

mori 2 Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "sea".

mǫrk Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "border, boundary, forest".

morum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "mulberry".

morzŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "frost".

móðir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mother".

móðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wrath, courage".

mrj 𓅓𓂋𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to love".

mrogis Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "territory, region".

mṛta मृत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dead".

msj 𓅓𓋴𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to be born".

muir Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "sea".

mukta मुक्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "liberated, set free".

mulin Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mill".

mŭlinŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "mill".

mund Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "protection".

munda Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "protection".

mundō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hand, protection".

mundr Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse word meaning "protection".

munt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "protection".

muor Old High German
Old High German word meaning "moor, heath, bog".

muot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mind, spirit, courage".

muozan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "must, have to".

mura 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wall", of Latin origin.

murus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wall".

mūs Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mouse".

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

musca Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "fly (insect)".

myle μύλη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mill".

mylna Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mill".

myrige Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pleasant, delightful".

myron μύρον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sweet oil, perfume".

myrrha μύρρα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "myrrh".

myrtos μύρτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "myrtle".

myslĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "thought, idea".

naʿam נָעַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be pleasant".

nāda नाद Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sound, roar".

naděja надѣꙗ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "hope".

nāga नाग Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "snake".

nagal Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "nail, peg".

naglaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "nail, peg".

naḥam נָחַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to comfort, to console".

najĭti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to find".

nalinī नलिनी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lotus".

namratā नम्रता Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "bowing, humility, meekness".

nand Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "daring, brave".

nanda नन्द Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "joy, delight".

nanþa 𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "boldness, daring".

nanþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "daring, brave".

nara नर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "man".

narāmu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "beloved".

narendra नरेन्द्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lord of men".

nārī नारी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "woman".

narkissos νάρκισσος Ancient Greek
Greek word for the narcissus flower, possibly derived from νάρκη (narke) meaning "sleep, numbness". The character was probably named after the flower, not vice versa.

naṣāru Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "to protect, to defend".

naṯan נָתַן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to give".

nātha नाथ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "master, lord".

naudiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "need, necessity".

nava नव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "new, fresh".

nbt 𓈖𓃀𓏏 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "lady".

nḏm 𓈖𓆓𓅓 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "sweet, pleasant".

nebojĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "fearless, brave".

neděľa недѣлꙗ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "Sunday", ultimately meaning "not working".

němĭcĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "foreigner, German".

nenada Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "unexpected event".

neos νέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "new".

ner נֵר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lamp, candle, light".

nērāru Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "helper".

Nereis Νηρηΐς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "nymph, sea sprite" (plural Νηρηΐδες (Nereides)), ultimately from the name of the god Nereus.

nes Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "headland, promontory".

nesos νῆσος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "island".

neujaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "new".

nevěnŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "marigold".

nfr 𓈖𓆑𓂋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "beautiful, good, perfect".

nidar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "down".

niger Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "black".

nike νίκη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "victory".

niketa निकेत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "house, habitation".

niketes νικητής Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "winner, victor".

nikhila निखिल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "whole, entire, complete".

nīla नील Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dark blue".

nin 𒎏 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "lady, lord".

nīra नीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "water".

nīraja नीरज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "water-born".

nīrava नीरव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "quiet, silent".

nirmala निर्मल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "clean, pure".

nirupama निरुपम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unequaled, matchless".

niśā निशा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "night".

niśānta निशान्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "night's end, dawn".

nīta नीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "conducted, led".

nītha नीथ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "way, mode".

niþer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "down".

nither Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "down".

niðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "down".

niþra Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "down".

nīti नीति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "guidance, moral conduct, behaviour".

nitya नित्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eternal".

niuwi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "new".

nivāsa निवास Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "house, abode".

nives Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "snows".

niwe Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "new".

nizŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "down".

nʿm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be pleasant".

nobilis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "noble, high-born, illustrious".

noḡah נֹגַהּ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "brightness".

noíb Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "holy".

nomos νόμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "law, custom".

noos νόος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mind, thought".

nord Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "north".

norþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "north".

norðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "north".

nosŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "nose".

not Old High German
Old High German word meaning "need, necessity".

notarius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "clerk, notary".

noð Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "boldness, daring".

novŭ новъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "new".

novus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "new".

nuaḥ נוּחַ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to rest, to repose".

nurþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "north".

nux Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "nut".

nuz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "nut".

nymphe νύμφη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "bride, nymph".

nyně Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "now".

nýr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "new".

oche ὀχή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "support".

oculus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "eye".

odar Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dun-coloured, greyish brown, tan".

oddr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "point (of a sword)".

ode ᾠδή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song, ode".

óen Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "one".

ʿofer עֹפֶר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "fawn".

ognĭ огнь Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "fire".

oheim Old High German
Old High German word meaning "maternal uncle".

oíph Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "beauty, appearance, form".

ol Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "footprint, track".

oliva Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "olive tree".

ǫlr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "alder tree".

om 1 ओम् Sanskrit
Hindu sacred syllable.

om 2 Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "maternal uncle".

onoma ὄνομα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "name".

onyma ὄνυμα Ancient Greek
Aeolic and Doric form of onoma.

opallios ὀπάλλιος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "opal" (of Sanskrit origin).

ops 1 ὄψ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "voice".

ops 2 ὄψ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "face, eye".

ʾor אוֹר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to shine" or "light".

ór Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "gold" (of Latin origin).

orchis ὄρχις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "orchid".

ǫrn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "eagle".

oros ὄρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mountain".

orsti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to grow".

ort Old High German
Old High German word meaning "point".

ortĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "war, battle".

os Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "god".

oss Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "deer, stag".

ost Old High German
Old High German word meaning "east".

ot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wealth, fortune".

ōþalą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fatherland, heritage".

oþil Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "fatherland, heritage".

ótti Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fear, dread".

ouwa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "meadow by a river, wetland".

ʿoz עֹז Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "strength, power".

pa प Sanskrit
Sanskrit affix meaning "protecting, guarding".

padma पद्म Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lotus".

paganus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rural, rustic", later acquiring the meaning "heathen, pagan".

pagus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "region, area, countryside".

pāla पाल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "guard, protector".

palaṭ פָּלַט Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to deliver, to rescue, to escape".

pallava पल्लव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "budding leaf, shoot, sprout".

palma Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "palm tree".

palumbes Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wood pigeon".

palus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "stake, post".

pan πᾶν Ancient Greek
Greek prefix meaning "all".

pana פָּנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to turn to, to turn away".

panin פָּנִין Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "pearl, coral, precious stone".

paṅka पङ्क Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "mud".

panningaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "coin, penny".

pantex Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "stomach, paunch".

panther πάνθηρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "panther", probably of Sanskrit origin.

papa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "father" (an alternative to the more formal pater), and later acquiring the meaning "bishop" and then "pope".

pappas πάππας Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "father" (an alternative to the more formal πατήρ (pater)), and later acquiring the meaning "priest".

parama परम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "highest, best".

parere 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to be apparent".

parere 2 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to produce, to give birth".

paries Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wall".

parṇa पर्ण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "leaf".

parthenos παρθένος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "maiden".

pascha πάσχα Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman
Greek and Latin word meaning "Easter" or "Passover", of Hebrew origin.

pastinaca Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "parsnip".

pastor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "shepherd".

paṯal פָּתַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to twist, to struggle, to wrestle".

pater πατήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "father". The genitive form is πατρός (patros).

pater noster Ancient Roman
Latin words meaning "our Father". These are the first two words of the Lord's Prayer. This can refer to the prayer itself or to rosary beads.

path Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "path".

pati पति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "husband, lord".

patina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "pan".

pauper Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "poor".

pavo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "peacock".

pax Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "peace".

peac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pointed hill, peak".

pene πήνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "threads, weft".

penn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pen, enclosure".

penning Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "penny".

per Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic prefix meaning "over, again, very".

perdŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "first, in front of".

peregrinus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "traveller".

peri περί Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "around, exceedingly".

pertho πέρθω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to destroy".

pesaḥ פֶּסַח Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "Passover".

petra πέτρα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rock".

pętŭkŭ пѧтъкъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "Friday".

pfenning Old High German
Old High German word meaning "penny".

pfuol Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pool".

phaidros φαιδρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "bright".

phanes φανής Ancient Greek
Greek suffix meaning "appearing".

pheme φήμη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rumour, fame, reputation".

phemi φημί Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to speak, to declare".

phero φέρω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to bring, to carry, to bear".

phifan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to peep, to pipe".

phileo φιλέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to love".

philos φίλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lover, friend".

phoibos φοῖβος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "bright, pure".

phone φωνή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "voice".

phonos φόνος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "murder, slaughter".

phos φῶς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "light". The genitive form is φωτός (photos).

phren φρήν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mind, heart, emotions".

phylakteos φυλακτέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to be watched".

phyllon φύλλον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "leaf, foliage".

phyton φυτόν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "plant, tree".

pictus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "painted".

píli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

pilli Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "noble child, prince".

pinus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "pine tree, pinewood".

pīpaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to whistle, to peep".

pipian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to peep, to pipe".

pirum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "pear".

pĭrvŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "first".

pīta पीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "yellow".

pitṛ पितृ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "father".

platea Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "street, courtyard" (of Greek origin).

platys πλατύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "broad, wide, flat".

plěšĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bald patch".

ploutos πλοῦτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wealth".

podium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "balcony, platform".

pokorĭnŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "humble".

pol Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "pool".

pōlaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "pool".

polemeios πολεμήϊος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "aggressive, warlike".

polemos πόλεμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "war".

polis πόλις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "city".

polmy Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "flame".

polys πολύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "much, many".

pons Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "bridge".

porcus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "pig".

porrum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "leek".

porta Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "gate, door".

portus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "port, harbour".

posis πόσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "husband, lord".

postis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "post, pole".

potokŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "stream".

prabhā प्रभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "to shine" or "light, radiance".

prācya प्राच्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eastern, ancient".

pradīpa प्रदीप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lamp, light".

prakāśa प्रकाश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light, bright, shining".

prāṇa प्राण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "breath, respiration, spirit, life".

praṇava प्रणव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to ओम् (om), the Hindu sacred syllable.

praṇaya प्रणय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "leader, guidance, love".

prasāda प्रसाद Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brightness, clearness, graciousness, offering".

prasanna प्रसन्न Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "clear, bright, tranquil".

praśānta प्रशान्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "calm, quiet".

pratāpa प्रताप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "heat, splendour, glory".

pratibhā प्रतिभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light, splendour, intelligence".

pratīka प्रतीक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "look, appearance".

pratimā प्रतिमा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "image, likeness, reflection".

pravīṇa प्रवीण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "skilled".

praxis πρᾶξις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "action, exercise".

prema प्रेम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "love, affection".

preost Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "priest".

pretium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "price, worth".

primus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "first".