Ancient Elements

raþą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wheel".

ratna रत्न Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "jewel, treasure".

raudaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "red".

rauxshna Old Persian (Hypothetical)
Old Persian word meaning "bright, shining".

ravi रवि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sun".

raw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "row, line".

raz רָז Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "secret".

re'a רֵעַ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "friend".

read Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "red".

red Old Frisian
Old Frisian word meaning "counsel, advice".

rēdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "counsel, advice".

regalis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "regal, royal".

regin Old Norse, Old High German (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Norse, Old High German and Frankish word meaning "advice, counsel, decision". In Old Norse it acquired the meaning "power of the gods".

regina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "queen" (feminine form of rex).

reginbogo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rainbow".

regnum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "royal power, reign".

regula Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rule, bar".

reigaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heron".

reiks 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "ruler, king".

remedium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "remedy".

rex Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "king" (genitive regis).

rězati рѣзати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to cut".

rhipe ῥιπή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "throw, swing".

rhodon ῥόδον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rose".

rhoe ῥοή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "stream, river, flow".

rhyte ῥυτή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rue (herb)".

ri 1 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "king".

rí Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "king".

riābu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "to replace, to compensate".

ric Anglo-Saxon
Old English affix meaning "ruler, king".

rice Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "power, rule, realm" or "mighty, rich" (from rīkiją and rīkijaz, derivatives of rīks).

richa ऋच Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "praise, verse, sacred text".

ridan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to ride".

rīdaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to ride".

rígain Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "queen" (feminine form of rí).

rih Old High German
Old High German affix meaning "ruler, king".

rihhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "kingdom, realm" or "rich, mighty" (from rīkiją and rīkijaz, derivatives of rīks).

rik Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish affix meaning "ruler, king".

ríkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ruler, king" or "mighty, rich" (from rīkijaz, a derivative of rīks).

rīks Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ruler, king" (of Celtic origin).

rina रीण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "melted".

rinnah רִנָּה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "joy, singing, shouting".

ripa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "riverbank".

riparius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "of the riverbank".

rippel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "coppice, grove, thicket".

ris Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "ardour, enthusiasm, glory".

rishi ऋषि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sage, poet".

risi Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "giant".

ritan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to ride".

ríða Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to ride".

ritu ऋतु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "season, period".

riuti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "cleared land".

rivus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "stream".

rīxs Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "king".

riya रिय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "singer".

robur Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "oak".

rod 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleared land".

rod 2 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "wheel".

rohana रोहण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ascending".

rohita रोहित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "red".

rom 𐤓𐤌 Phoenician
Phoenician word meaning "to be high".

ron 2 רֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "joy, song, shout".

ron 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "spear".

rǫnd Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rim (of a shield)".

rosa 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rose".

rosa 2 роса Old Slavic (Hypothetical), Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Slavic and Baltic word meaning "dew".

rot Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "red".

rota Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wheel".

róðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rowing".

rotundus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "round".

rúad Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "red".

ruber Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red".

rudą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "cleared land".

rum 1 רוּם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to exalt, to be high, to rise up".

rum 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "roomy, spacious".

rūmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "roomy, spacious".

ruměnŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "ruddy, rosy".

rún Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "secret lore, rune".

run Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "secret lore, rune".

runa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "secret lore, rune".

runcare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to weed, to clear".

rūnō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "secret lore, rune".

rupa रूप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "shape, beauty, form".

russus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red, reddish-brown".

ruð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cleared land".

rwm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be high".

ryba рꙑба Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "fish".

ryge Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rye".

sadhana साधना Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "accomplishment, completion".

sæ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sea".

sær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sea".

saga Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "tale, story".

sagu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "saw".

sahsą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "knife".

sahsaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe (derived from sahsą).

sahso Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

saiwiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sea".

sakshin साक्षिन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "witness".

sal 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "salt".

sal 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "house, hall".

salba 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌰 Old High German, Gothic
Old High German and Gothic word meaning "salve, ointment".

salbō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "salve, ointment".

sali Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "house, hall".

salix Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "willow".

saliz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "house, hall".

salo 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dark, black".

salr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "room, hall".

sals 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "house, hall".

saltus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "grove of trees, glade".

salus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "health".

salvus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "safe, healthy".

salwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dusky, sallow".

sama 1 सम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "level, even, same".

samara 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word for the winged seeds that grow on trees such as maples and elms.

samdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sand".

samira समीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wind, air".

sampatti सम्पत्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "success, prosperity, wealth".

sana 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "healthy".

sanctorum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "of the saints" (occurs in Omnium Sanctorum referring to All Saints' Day).

sanctus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "holy, saintly".

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

sandip संदीप् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wind, air".

sandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sand".

sanjana सञजन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "uniting, joining".

sanjita संजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "complete victory".

sanjiva संजीव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "living, reviving".

sant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sand".

ṣapan 𐤑𐤐𐤍 Phoenician
Phoenician word possibly meaning "to hide, to conceal".

sape Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "soap".

sappheiros σάπφειρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli" (ultimately derived from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir)).

sarah 1 שָׂרָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to have power, to contend, to fight".

sarah 2 שָׂרָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman".

sarala सरल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "straight".

saras सरस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fluid, water, lake".

sarika सारिका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a type of thrush (species Turdus salica) or myna bird (species Gracula religiosa).

sarita सरित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "flowing".

šarru Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "king".

sartor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tailor, patcher".

sarva सर्व Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "all, whole".

sarvesha सरवेश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ruler of all".

satya सत्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "truth, reality".

savitr सवितृ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "rouser, the sun".

scalc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "servant".

sceaphyrde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shepherd, sheep herder".

scearp Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sharp".

scenken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to pour out".

schola Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "school".

schroden Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "to cut".

sciene Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beautiful".

scieran Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut, to shear".

scilt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shield".

scir 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shire, district".

scir 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright".

sconi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beautiful, good, nice".

Scotus Ancient Roman
Latin word for a Scotsman, referring to the Gaelic speakers of northern Britain.

scrian Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to shout, to yell".

scriba Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "scribe, writer".

scrinium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "box, chest".

sculdheizo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "arbiter, debt settler".

scuoh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shoe".

seaxa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

sebě себѣ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to oneself" (dative case of *sę).

sebo σέβω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to worship, to honour".

sedom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "peace" or "fairy mound, tumulus".

sedŭlo Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "saddle".

segiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "victory".

selene σελήνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "moon".

selja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow, sallow".

sěmĭja сѣмьꙗ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "family".

sen 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "old".

sěnĭ сѣни Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "shadow".

senos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "old".

senþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "path, journey, time, instance".

seo 5 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "sea".

seolfor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "silver".

ser սէր Ancient Armenian
Old Armenian word meaning "love".

serra Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "saw (tool)".

servire Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to serve".

setio Old Saxon
Old Saxon suffix meaning "inhabitant".

setjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to sit".

sha'al שָׁאַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to ask".

shafat שָׁפַט Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to judge".

shagah שָׁגָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to stray, to err".

shai שַׁי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "gift, present".

shaila शैल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "mountain".

shakti शक्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "power".

shalam שָׁלַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be complete, to be at peace".

shalem שָׁלוֹם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "complete, safe, peaceful".

shalom שָׁלוֹם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "peace".

sham शम् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "auspicious, lucky".

shama' שָׁמַע Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to hear, to listen".

shamar שָׁמַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to guard, to watch".

shanti शान्ती Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "quiet, peace, tranquility".

sharad शरद् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "autumn".

sharman शर्मन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "protection, comfort, joy".

shasha शश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "hare", also a traditional name for the moon.

shava' שָׁבַע Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "oath".

shekhara शेखर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "crest, peak, top".

shem שֵׁם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "name".

shema' שֵׁמַע Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "report, news, fame".

shemesh שֶׁמֶשׁ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "the sun".

shen շէն Ancient Armenian
Old Armenian word meaning "happy".

shila शील Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "conduct, disposition, character".

shir שִׁיר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "song".

shobha शोभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brilliance".

shreyas श्रेयस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "best, superior".

shri श्री Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty", also used as an honorific.

shubha शुभ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "splendid, bright, auspicious".

shuddha शुद्ध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "purified, pure, clear".

shweta श्वेत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "white".

shyama श्याम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dark, black, blue".

Sibylla Σίβυλλα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "prophetess, sibyl". It does not seem to have been used as a personal name during the classical Greek period.

siccus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "dry".

síd Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "peace" or "fairy mound, tumulus", both from a root meaning "to sit".

sídach Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "wolf".

siddha सिद्ध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "accomplished, proven".

siddhi सिद्धि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "accomplishment, success, attainment".

sige Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "victory".

sigi Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "victory".

sigis 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "victory".

sigr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "victory".

sigu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "victory".

silabar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "silver".

silubrą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "silver".

silva Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "forest".

silvaticus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wild, from the forest".

sima 1 सीम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boundary, limit".

simos σιμός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "flat-nosed".

sind Old High German
Old High German word meaning "path, journey".

singan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to sing, to chant".

sinha सिंह Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lion".

sinþs 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "time, instance".

sittian Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "to sit".

šĭvĭcĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "tailor, shoemaker, cobbler".

skala скала Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "rock".

skáli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hut, shed".

skalkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "servant".

skankjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to pour out".

skauniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beautiful".

skenken Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to pour out".

skeran Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "to cut, to shear".

skeraną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to cut, to shear".

skirmen Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "to defend".

skirmjan Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "to defend".

skógr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "forest, wood".

skoltheti Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "arbiter, debt settler".

skorpios σκορπίος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "scorpion".

skrini Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "box, container" (of Latin origin).

skuldihaitijô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "debt settler".

ský Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cloud".

slán Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "health, safety" and also "challenge, defiance".

slava слава Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "glory, fame".

šlm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be safe, to be whole, peace".

slot Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "lock".

slověne Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word referring to the tribe of the Slavs (plural of slověninŭ).

sloz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "lock".

slūtą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "lock, bar for a door".

smæl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "small".

smaragdos σμάραγδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "emerald", of Semitic origin.

smarana स्मरण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "recollection".

smid Old High German
Old High German word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiľŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "everlasting (flower)".

smith Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smola Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pitch, resin".

šmš Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "the sun".

snær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "snow".

snaiwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "snow".

snaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "snow".

sněgŭ снѣгъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "snow".

sneha स्नेह Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "love, tenderness, oiliness".

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

snellaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "quick, fast".

sneo Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "snow".

snidan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to cut".

sniþan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut".

snithan Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to cut".

snīþaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to cut".

snuor Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rope, cord".

sobolĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sable, marten".

sóer Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "free".

sokolŭ соколъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "falcon".

sól Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sun".

sol 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sun".

soldŭkŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sweet".

solos σόλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lump of iron".

sǫlr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sallow, yellow, pale".

solum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "ground, floor".

solvĭjĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "nightingale".

sophia σοφία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wisdom, cleverness".

sophos σοφός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "skilled, clever".

sophron σώφρων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "self-controlled, sensible".

sorga Old High German
Old High German word meaning "worry, care".

sos σῶς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "safe, whole, unwounded".

sōwelō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sun".

speht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "woodpecker".

spere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spear, lance".

spina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thorn, spine".

spiritus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "breath, energy".