Type Word Usage Old Norse [1] Meaning & History Old Norse word meaning "river, stream, creek". Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesea(Anglo-Saxon) ahwō(Old Germanic) aha(Old High German) Surname DescendantsÅrud(Norwegian) Åberg, Åström(Swedish) Same Spellinga 1, a 2, a 3, a 4, a 5, a 6, a 7, a 8, a 9, ā Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 7.