Ancient Elements

bānû 𒆕 Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "creator, builder".

baranŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "ram, male sheep".

barba Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beard".

bardaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beard".

bardǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "axe".

barr Old Irish, Old Welsh
Old Irish and Old Welsh word meaning "top, head".

barra Ancient Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "bar, barrier".

barros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "point, top".

bart Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "beard".

barta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axe".

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

bassus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thick, low, stumpy".

baswô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "uncle, kinsman".

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

baṯ בַּת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "daughter".

baṯa בָּתָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "destruction, end".

batu 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".

baugaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ring, bracelet, armlet, something bent".

baunō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bean".

bayiṯ בַּיִת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "house, home".

ʿbd 𐤏𐤁𐤃 Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical), Phoenician
Semitic root meaning "servant, slave".

bd 𐤁𐤃 Phoenician
Phoenician prefix meaning "on behalf of".

be 4 בְּ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew prefix meaning "in, with".

bé Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "woman".

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

beald Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bold, brave".

beall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ball".

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

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

beburaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beaver".

bece Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beech tree".

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

beki Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "stream".

bekkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

beliyaʿal בְּלִיַעַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew term meaning "worthless". This term is used in later Christian tradition as a name for an evil angel associated with lawlessness and lust.

bella Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beautiful" (feminine).

bellus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beautiful" (masculine).

bělŭ бѣлъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "white".

ben 1 בֵּן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "son".

ben 2 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "woman".

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

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

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

beorc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "birch tree".

beorg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "mountain, hill".

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

beorn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "warrior, man", probably originally meaning "bear".

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

bera Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bear (animal)".

beraht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bright".

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

berg Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "mountain, hill".

bergaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mountain, hill, shelter".

bergō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "help, salvation".

berht Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "bright".

berhtaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bright".

berkō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "birch tree".

bern Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bear (animal)".

bernuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bear (animal)".

bero Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bear (animal)".

berô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bear (animal)".

beryllos βήρυλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beryl", of Sanskrit origin.

beta Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beet".

bethu Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "life".

beusu Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "reed, rush, bent grass".

bhadra भद्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fortune, prosperity".

bhāṣā भाषा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "speech, language".

bhāsa भास Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light".

bhaṭṭāra भट्टार Sanskrit
Sanskrit title meaning "noble lord".

bhāvana भावन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "producing, manifesting".

bhīma भीम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "terrible, formidable".

bia βία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "force, power".

bibar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beaver".

biben Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to tremble".

bibēną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to tremble".

bilga 𒉋𒂵 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "male ancestor".

binut Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "reed, rush, bent grass".

bios βίος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "life".

bĭrati бьрати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to take, to gather, to reap".

birka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "birch tree".

bjǫrg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "help, salvation".

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

bjǫrn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bear (animal)".

bʿl Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic word meaning "lord, master, possessor".

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

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

blanc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "white".

blank Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "white".

blankaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "white, blank".

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

bláth Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "flower".

blātus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "flower".

blau Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "blue".

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

blawt Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "flowers, blossoms".

bleidd Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "wolf".

blēwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "blue".

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

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

blōmô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bloom, flower".

blund Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "golden brown".

blundaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mixed".

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

bó 2 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "cow".

bod Old Frisian, Old Saxon (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frisian, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "command, order".

bogŭ богъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "god".

boii Ancient Roman
Latin word referring to a Gaulish tribe, possibly from a Celtic word meaning "cow".

bojĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "battle".

bōkō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beech tree".

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

boľe болѥ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "more, better".

bolgŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "good, pleasant".

bom Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "tree".

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

bona ventura Ancient Roman
Latin phrase meaning "good luck".

bonus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "good".

bord Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "board, plank".

borg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

borna Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "defence, protection".

borti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to fight".

borŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pine tree".

bos Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "cow, bull, ox".

bosŭ босъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "barefoot".

bót Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "remedy, improvement".

bot 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "command, order".

bot 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "remedy, help".

bǫð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle".

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

bōtō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "improvement".

boug Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ring, bracelet".

boum Old High German
Old High German word meaning "tree".

bous βοῦς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "ox, cow".

božĭjĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "divine".

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

bráen Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "rain, moisture, drop".

brahman ब्रह्मन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sacred word, prayer" or "devout worshipper".

braidaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "broad".

bran Old Irish, Old Welsh
Irish and Welsh word meaning "raven".

brand Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

brandaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

brandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

branos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "raven".

brant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

bratŭ братъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "brother".

bręcati Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to make a sound, to buzz".

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

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

brer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "briar".

brewwaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to brew".

bṛh बृह् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "to grow, to increase".

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

brigā Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "might, power, prestige".

brií Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "hill".

briíg Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "might, power".

brink Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "edge, slope".

brinkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "edge, margin".

britto Ancient Roman
Latin word referring to a Briton, a Celt of the British Islands.

briuwan Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "to brew".

brixs Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "hill, high".

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

brōkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "swamp".

brokkos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "badger".

bron Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "breast".

brun Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "brown".

brūnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "brown".

brunjo 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "breastplate".

brunjǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "breastplate".

brúnn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "brown".

brunna Old High German
Old High German word meaning "armour".

brunnja Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "armour".

bruoc Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "wetland, marsh".

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

brynja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "armour".

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

budą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "offer".

buddhi बुद्धि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "intellect, reason, mind".

bŭdĭna Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "tub, barrel" (probably of Germanic origin).

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

bullo Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "bull".

bulô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bull".

bun Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "root, bottom".

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

bur Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old High German, Old English, Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "dwelling, room". In Old High German it also acquired the meaning "peasant", and later "farmer".

būrą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dwelling, cabin, hut".

burdą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "board, plank".

burg Old High German, Old Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon, Old English, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

burgz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

bŭrkŭ бъркъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "whisker, quill".

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".

buskaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bush".

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

bychan Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "little".

bylĭje Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "herb".

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

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

bystrŭ бꙑстръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "quick, clear".

caballus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "pack horse".

cáel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "slender".

caelum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sky, heaven".

caer Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "fortress".

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

caín Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "handsome, beautiful, good".

čajĭka Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "gull".

caled Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "rough, hard, cruel".

calvus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "bald".

camm Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "crooked, twisted".

campus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "field".

candana चन्दन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sandalwood".

candra चन्द्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "moon".

capra Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "nanny goat".

capsa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "box, case".

caput Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "head".

cara 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "face".

cara 2 Italian, Ancient Roman
Italian word meaning "beloved".

carae Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "friend".

caraid Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "to love".

carbo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "charcoal, coal".

cardo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "hinge".

carduus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thistle, thorn".

caritas Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "charity".

carpentarius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "carriage maker".

carrus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wagon, cart".

caru Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "to love, to desire".

carus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beloved".

casa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "house".

castrum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "castle, fortress, camp".

cat Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "battle".

cath Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "battle".

cattus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "cat".

catur चतुर् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "four".

caupo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tradesperson, shopkeeper".

cavus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "cave, hollow".

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

ceapian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to buy, to trade".

čędo чѧдо Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "child".

cein Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "good, nice, lovely".

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

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

cenn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "head".

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

cetana चेतन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "visible, conscious, soul".

chālchiuhtli Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "jade".

chara χαρά Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "happiness".

charis χάρις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "grace, kindness".

chāyā छाया Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light, reflection, shadow".

chloros χλωρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "pale green".

choros χορός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dance".

chryseos χρύσεος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "golden".

chrysos χρυσός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "gold".

cíar Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dark, black".

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

cin Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "respect, esteem, affection".

cinid Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "be born, come into being".

cintā चिनता Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "thought, care".

ciraṃjīva चिरंजीव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "long-lived".

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

čĭrnŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "black".

čĭrtŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "demon, devil, hell".

čĭrvenŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "red".

čĭstĭ чьсть Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "honour, respect".

čižĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "siskin (bird)".

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

clemens Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "merciful, gentle".

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".

cōātl Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "snake".

cobar Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "desiring".

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

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

cóem Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dear, beloved".

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

columba Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "dove".

com Old Irish
Old Irish prefix meaning "with, together, joint".

comes Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "companion, attendant".

concipio Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to receive, to conceive".

conn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "sense, reason".

consolor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to console".

copon Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to buy, to trade".

coquina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "kitchen".

coquus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "a cook".

cor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "heart" (genitive cordis).

corallium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "coral", ultimately from Greek.

corium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "leather".

corona Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "crown".

corriga Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tie, thong, shoelace".

cors Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "court".

costa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "side, wall".

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

crassus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "fat".

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

crispus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "curly".

crux Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "cross".

cryf Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "strong".

cú Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dog, hound, wolf".

cuēitl Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "skirt".

cuilén Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "whelp, young dog".

cullach Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "boar".