Ancient Germanic Elements

á Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "river, stream, creek".

ac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oak".

ackar Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German word meaning "field".

adal Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "noble".

æcer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "field".

æcermann Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ploughman".

ælf Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "elf".

ængle Anglo-Saxon
Old English name of the Germanic tribe the Angles.

æppel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "apple".

æsc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ash tree".

æðel Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "noble".

ag Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade".

agi Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "awe, terror".

agil Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade".

ahsa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axle".

akr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "field".

ala 1 Ancient Germanic, Ancient Scandinavian
Germanic element meaning "all".

ald Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "old".

alf 1 Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "elf".

alfr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "elf".

alja Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "other, foreign".

aljan Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "strength, power".

almr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "elm".

alt Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "old".

alu Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "defense, protection, luck".

amal Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "work, labour".

and Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "wrath, zeal".

angil Ancient Germanic
Germanic element referring to the Germanic tribe the Angles (see Angel).

anker Old High German
Old High German word meaning "anchor".

anne Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alone, solitary".

ans Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "god".

ansetl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hermitage".

ant Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "giant".

anu 1 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "ancestor, father".

aplaz Ancient Germanic
Germanic word meaning "apple".

arbeit German, Old High German
German word meaning "work".

ari 1 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "eagle".

arn Ancient Germanic, Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "eagle".

arr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "warrior", from Proto-Norse *harjaz "leader of an army".

asc Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "ash tree".

áss Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "god, Æsir".

aðal Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "noble".

athana Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "year".

atta Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "father".

aud Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "wealth, fortune".

austr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "east".

auðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "wealth, fortune".

avi Ancient Germanic
Germanic element of unknown meaning, possibly "desired".

bacher Old High German
Old High German word meaning "baker".

badu Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "fight, struggle".

bæcere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baker".

bærnan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to burn".

bærnet Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a burning".

bagga Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Unattested Old English word meaning "bag, badger".

baggi Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "bundle, pack, bag".

bah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "stream".

bakari Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "baker".

bakki Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "bank, ridge".

bald Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "bold".

ban Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bone".

baro Ancient Germanic (Frankish)
Frankish word meaning "man, freeman".

bart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beard".

baso Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word perhaps meaning "uncle".

bat 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "boat".

baðu Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "battle".

bauga Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning either "bend, flex" or "ring".

beadu Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "battle".

beald Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bold".

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

bearn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "child, son".

beki Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "stream".

bekkr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

beo Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bee".

beofor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beaver".

beonet Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

beorht Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bright".

beorn Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "warrior, man", possibly originally meaning "bear".

beos Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

beraht Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "bright".

bere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "barley".

berg 1 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "protection, help".

berg 2 Old High German, Ancient Scandinavian, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "mountain".

bern Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "bear".

bero Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "bear".

bibar Ancient Germanic
Germanic word meaning "beaver".

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

bjǫrg Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "help, save, rescue".

bjǫrk Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "birch tree".

bjǫrn Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "bear".

blac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pale, shining, white".

blæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "black".

blanc Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "white".

blao Old High German
Old High German word meaning "blue".

blaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "blue".

bliþe Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "happy, blithe".

blóm Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "bloom, flower".

blund Ancient Germanic
Germanic word meaning "blond".

bluomo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bloom, flower".

bodo Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "command, order".

bold 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "house".

bona Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German word meaning "bean".

bord Ancient Germanic (Frankish)
Frankish word meaning "board, plank".

borg Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "fortification, castle".

bót Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "remedy".

botm Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ground, soil, bottom".

boum Old High German, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "tree".

brad Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "broad".

brand Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "sword" or "fire".

brandr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "sword" or "fire".

breit Old High German
Old High German word meaning "broad".

breowan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to brew".

brink Old Saxon
Old Low German word meaning "edge, slope".

briuwan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to brew".

broc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "brook, small stream".

brun 1 Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "armour, protection".

brun 2 Ancient Germanic, Old High German, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "brown".

brycg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bridge".

bryn Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "armour, protection".

bucc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "buck, male deer".

bula Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bull".

bulo Ancient Germanic
Germanic word meaning "bull".

buohha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beech tree".

bur Old High German
Old High German word meaning "peasant", later acquiring the meaning "farmer".

burg Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "fortress, fortification, castle".

burna Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spring, fountain, stream".

busc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bush".

busk Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bush".

butil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bag, pouch".

býr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "farm, settlement".

byrgen Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "burial mound".

cærse Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "watercress".

ceald Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cold".

ceapian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to buy, to trade" (of Latin origin).

cempa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "champion, warrior".

cene Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bold, keen".

ceol Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "keel (of a ship)".

chind Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "child".

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

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

cild Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baby, child".

cirice Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "church" (from Greek).

clæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "clay".

clif Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cliff".

cloh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleft, ravine, cliff".

cniht Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "servant, apprentice".

coc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a cook".

cocc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rooster, cock".

col Ancient Germanic
Germanic element possibly meaning "helmet".

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

cot Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cottage, small house".

crawe Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "crow".

cumb Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "valley".

cuþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "famous, known".

cwic Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alive".

cyne Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "royal".

cyning Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "king".

dæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "day".

dæl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dale, valley".

dag Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "day".

dagr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "day".

dal Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "dale, valley".

dala Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic word meaning "dale, valley".

dallr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "glowing, shining".

dalr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "dale, valley".

damm Old Dutch, Anglo-Saxon
Old Dutch and Old English word meaning "dam".

dammr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "dam".

dani Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "Dane", referring to the Germanic tribe.

deah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dye".

denu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "valley".

deor Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "dear".

dic Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "ditch, dike".

dikaz Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic word meaning "pool".

dís Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "goddess".

dorf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "village".

draen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to turn".

dresken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to thresh".

dun Ancient Celtic, Anglo-Saxon
Celtic word meaning "hill, hill fort, citadel", later transmitted to Old English.

dunn Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "dark, brown".

durri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dry" (later acquiring the meaning "thin").

ea Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "river".

ead Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "wealth, fortune, riches".

eald Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "old".

ealh Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "temple".

eard Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "land".

east 1 English, Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "east".

east 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "grace".

ebur Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "boar".

ecg Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade, corner".

ecka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "edge, corner".

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

egg Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade".

ei 1 Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "ever, always".

eih Old High German
Old High German word meaning "oak".

eik Old Dutch, Ancient Scandinavian
Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "oak".

ein Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "one, alone".

eldr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "fire".

ende Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "end, limit".

eng Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".

eofor Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "boar".

eorl Anglo-Saxon
Old English noble title.

eowu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ewe".

era Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "honour, respect".

ercan Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "genuine".

erlaz Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "noble".

ermen Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "whole, universal".

ewa Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "law, custom".

ey Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning either "island" (from Proto-Norse *aiwo) or "good fortune" (from Proto-Norse *auja).

fæger Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beautiful, fair".

falki Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "falcon".

falko Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "falcon".

fara Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "journey".

farawa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "colour".

fardi Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "journey".

farn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fern".

faru Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "journey".

fastr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "firm".

fearn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fern".

feld Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "field".

feni Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "fen, swamp, peat".

fenn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fen, swamp, peat".

fenni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fen, swamp, peat".

fidula Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fiddle".

figa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fig".

filu Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "much".

finnr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "Sámi, person from Finland".

fisc Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "fish".

fiskaz Ancient Germanic
Proto-Germanic word meaning "fish".

fiskr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "fish".

flæd Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "beauty".

flæmingr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "Fleming, person from Flanders".

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

fluot Old High German, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "stream".

fogal Old High German, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "bird".

folk Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "people".

ford Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ford, river crossing".

fors Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "waterfall".

forst Old High German
Old High German word meaning "forest".

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

frank Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "Frank", referring to the Germanic tribe.

freo Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "free".

fri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "free".

frid Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "peace".

friþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "peace".

fríðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "beautiful, beloved".

friðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "peace, love".

frost Old High German, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic word meaning "frost".

frouwida Old High German
Old High German word meaning "joy".

fugol Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bird".

fuhs Old High German, Old Saxon
Germanic word meaning "fox".

fulc Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "people".

funs Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "ready".

fuoren Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to lead".

gæt Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gate".

galga Ancient Germanic
Frankish word meaning "measuring rod".

gandr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "magic item, wand, staff, monster".

gang 1 Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "path".

gar Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "spear".

garawen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to prepare".

gard Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "enclosure".

garðr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "enclosure".

garto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "garden".

gast Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "stranger, guest".

gat Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "goat".

gaut Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "Geat, Goth", referring to the tribes.

gautr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "Geat, Goth", referring to the Germanic tribes.

gawia Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "territory".

geb Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "gift".

geirr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "spear".

geiz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "goat".

geoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oxen yoke".

geong Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "young".

ger Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "spear".

gerefa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "reeve, sheriff, prefect, official".

gersta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "barley".

giefu Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "gift".

gild Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "sacrifice, value".

gisil Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "pledge, hostage".

gísl Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "shaft (of a weapon), arrow".

glæd Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bright".

glæs Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "glass".

glas 1 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "glass".

glasa Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic word meaning "glass".

gnýr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "noise, grumble, murmur".

god 1 Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "god".

god 2 Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "good".

gold Anglo-Saxon, Old High German
Old English and Old High German word meaning "gold".

græg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grey".

graf Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grove".

grafio Old High German
Old High German word meaning "count".

grand 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gravel".

grein Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "branch".

grene Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "green".

grim Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "mask".

grímr Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse element meaning "mask".

gris Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "grey".

groniz Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "green".

grot Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "great, large".

groz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "great, large".

gruoni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "green".

grýja Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse word meaning "to dawn, to begin to shine".