Old Germanic Elements

This is a list of elements in which the usage is Old Germanic.
usage
type
oddr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "point (of a sword)".
oheim Old High German
Old High German word meaning "maternal uncle".
ǫlr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "alder tree".
om 2 Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "maternal uncle".
ǫrn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "eagle".
ort Old High German
Old High German word meaning "point".
os Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "god".
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".
panningaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "coin, penny".
path Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "path".
peac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pointed hill, peak".
penn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pen, enclosure".
penning Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "penny".
pfenning Old High German
Old High German word meaning "penny".
pfuol Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pool".
phifan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to peep, to pipe".
píli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow".
pīpaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to whistle, to peep".
pipian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to peep, to pipe".
pol Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "pool".
pōlaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "pool".
preost Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "priest".
rad 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wheel".
rad 2 Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "counsel, advice".
ræd Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "counsel, advice".
ræde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "prepared, prompt, ready".
ragin 饜崅饜尠饜尣饜尮饜尳 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "law, decree, assessment, responsibility".
raginą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "counsel, advice, decision".
raha Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roe deer".
rana 3 饜崅饜尠饜尳饜尠 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic element possibly meaning "wedge".
randi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "rim (of a shield)".
randiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "rim (of a shield)".
rant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rim (of a shield)".
rasc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "quick".
rat Old High German
Old High German word meaning "counsel, advice".
ráð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "counsel, advice".
rath Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "wheel".
raþą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wheel".
raudaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "red".
raw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "row, line".
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".
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".
reginbogo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rainbow".
reigaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heron".
reiks 饜崅饜尨饜尮饜尯饜崈 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "ruler, king".
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).
ridan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to ride".
rīdaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to ride".
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).
rippel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "coppice, grove, thicket".
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".
riuti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "cleared land".
rod 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleared land".
rǫnd Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rim (of a shield)".
rot Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "red".
róðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rowing".
rudą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "cleared land".
rum 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "roomy, spacious".
rūmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "roomy, spacious".
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".
rūnō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "secret lore, rune".
ruð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cleared land".
ryge Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rye".
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".
sal 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "house, hall".
salba 饜崈饜尠饜尰饜尡饜尠 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".
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 饜崈饜尠饜尰饜崈 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "house, hall".
salwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dusky, sallow".
samdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sand".
sand Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sand".
sandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sand".
sant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sand".
sape Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "soap".
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".
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".
scrian Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to shout, to yell".
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.
segiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "victory".
selja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow, sallow".
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".
setio Old Saxon
Old Saxon suffix meaning "inhabitant".
setjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to sit".
sige Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "victory".
sigi Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "victory".
sigis 饜崈饜尮饜尣饜尮饜崈 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".
sind Old High German
Old High German word meaning "path, journey".
singan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to sing, to chant".
sinþs 饜崈饜尮饜尳饜尭饜崈 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "time, instance".
sittian Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "to sit".
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".
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".
slot Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "lock".
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".
smid Old High German
Old High German word meaning "craftsman, smith".
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".
snær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "snow".
snaiwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "snow".
snaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "snow".
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".
sól Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sun".
sǫlr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sallow, yellow, pale".
sorga Old High German
Old High German word meaning "worry, care".
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".
stabaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "staff, stick".
stafr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "staff".
stainaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stone".
stakkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "haystack".
stan 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stone".
stark Old High German
Old High German word meaning "strong".
starkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stone".
staðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "town, city, place".
stearc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rigid, strong".
stein Old High German
Old High German word meaning "stone".
steinn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stone".
stellen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to set, to place".
steorra Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "star".
sterno Old High German
Old High German word meaning "star".
sternǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "star".
stigweard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "steward".
stinþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hard, stiff".
stiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hard, stiff, cruel".
stoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "place, dwelling" (occurring mostly in place names).
stod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stallion, stud".
storm Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "storm".
stormr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "storm".
straumr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".
stro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "straw".
strod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood".
strǫnd Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "edge, shore, beach".
strub Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rough, unkempt".
stuba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "room".
stucki Old High German
Old High German word meaning "piece, part".
sturm Old High German
Old High German word meaning "storm".
sturmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "storm".
su 7 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sow, female pig".
sumar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "summer".
sumarą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "summer".
sumor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "summer".
sund Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strait".
sunna Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sun".
sunne Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sun".
sunnǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sun".
sunt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "south".
sunþeraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "south".
suozi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sweet".
suth Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "south".
suþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "south".
suðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "south".
svanr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "swan".
sveinn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "boy, servant".
svíar Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Swede".
swan Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English, Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "swan".
swanaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "swan".
swar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heavy, serious".
swarz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "black".
swenþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "strong".
swēraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "heavy, serious".
swete Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sweet".
swind Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "strong".
swinþs 饜崈饜崊饜尮饜尳饜尭饜崈 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "strong".
swith Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "strong".
swiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "strong".
swōtuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sweet".
tag Old High German
Old High German word meaning "day".
tal 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "valley".
tamm Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word (unattested) meaning "dam".
þæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roof, thatch".
thak Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "roof, thatch".
þaką Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "roof, cover".
þank Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".
thank Old Saxon, Old Dutch
Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".
þankaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".
þeoda Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "people, tribe".
þeudiskaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "of the people, of the tribe".
þeudō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "people, tribe".
thiad Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "people, tribe".
thiod Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "people, tribe".
þiuda 饜尭饜尮饜尶饜尦饜尠 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "people, tribe".
thiudisc Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "of the people, of the tribe, German".
þjófr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "thief".
þorn Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "thorn".
þorp Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "village".
thorp Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "village".
þrop Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "village".
þruþi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "strength".
þrūþiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "strength".
þrúðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strength".
þryþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "strength".
þurnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "thorn".
þurpą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "village, gathering of people".
þýðverskr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "German".
tind Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "point, tine".
tiuf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "deep".
toln Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "toll, fee, tax".
topt Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "homestead".
tuba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dove".
tun Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
uhta Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "before dawn".
ulfr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wolf".
undar Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "under".
under Anglo-Saxon, Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Old English and Germanic word meaning "under".
unhtwǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "before dawn".
unna Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to love".
unnaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to love".
unnr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wave".
untar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "under".
unþī Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wave, flood".
uodil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heritage".
upp Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "up".
uzdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "point, tip".
vagn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wagon".
valdr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ruler".
valkyrja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Valkyrie", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser".
valr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "the dead, the slain (of battle)".
vangr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".
vanr Old Norse
Old Norse word referring to a member of the Vanir group of gods.
vár Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "spring (season)".
vargr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "outlaw, wolf".
varr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "aware, cautious".
Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "holy, sanctuary".
vegr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "way, path, road".
veig Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strength".
vestr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "west".
víg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "war, battle".
vík Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cove, inlet".
víkingr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "viking".
vili Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "will, desire".
villr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".
vindr 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wind".
vindr 2 Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse element possibly meaning "victor, winner".