Type Word & Element
Usage Old High German [1]
Meaning & History
Old High German suffix meaning "kind, sort, type". It converts an adjective into a noun.
Related Items
Given Name DescendantsAlisa(Bosnian) Alícia(Catalan) Alice(Czech) Alice(Danish) Alice, Adelheid(Dutch) Adelaide, Alease, Alecia, Alesha, Alesia, Alice, Alicia, Alisha, Alissa, Alyce, Alycia, Alys, Alysa, Alyse, Alysha, Alysia, Alyssa, Alyssia, Rosa, Rose, Royce, Aleesha, Alise, Alishia, Alisia, Alisya, Allissa, Allycia, Elicia(English) Aliisa, Alisa(Finnish) Adélaïde, Alice, Alicia, Alix, Azélie(French) Alisa(Georgian) Adelheid, Alice(German) Adalhaid, Adalheidis, Adelais, Hrodohaidis, Rothaid(Germanic) Aliki(Greek) Alíz, Aliz(Hungarian) Ailís, Ailish, Eilís, Eilish, Róise, Róis(Irish) Adelaide, Alice(Italian) Alise(Latvian) Rohese, Rohesia, Royse(Medieval English) Aalis(Medieval French) Alice(Norwegian) Azalaïs(Occitan) Adelajda, Alicja(Polish) Adelaide, Alice, Alícia(Portuguese) Alisa(Russian) Aileas, Ailis(Scottish Gaelic) Alica(Slovak) Adelaida, Alicia(Spanish) Alice, Alicia(Swedish) Alisa(Ukrainian) Alis(Welsh)
Sources & References
- Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry heit, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.