Name Element WARS

Type Word & Element
Usage Gothic [1][2]
Scripts 饜崊饜尠饜崅饜崈(Gothic)

Meaning & History

Gothic word meaning "aware, cautious".

Related Items

Other Languages & Cultureswær(Anglo-Saxon) war(Frankish) waraz(Old Germanic) war(Old High German) varr(Old Norse)
Given Name DescendantsOliver(Catalan) Oliver, Olivera(Croatian) Oliver, Olívie, Olivie(Czech) Oliver, Olivia(Danish) Olivier(Dutch) Alivia, Oliver, Olivia, Olyvia(English) Oliver(Estonian) Oliver, Olivia(Finnish) Olivia, Olivier(French) Aldara(Galician) Oliver, Olivia(German) Alawar(Germanic) Alvarus, Hildiwara, Hildoara(Gothic) Olivér, Olívia(Hungarian) Olivia, Oliviero(Italian) Olivers(Latvian) Olivette(Literature) Oliver, Olivera(Macedonian) Olivier(Medieval French) Oliver, Olivia(Norwegian) Oliwer, Oliwia, Oliwier(Polish) Álvaro, Olívia(Portuguese) Oliver, Olivera(Serbian) Oliver, Olívia(Slovak) Álvaro, Olivia(Spanish) Oliver, Olivia(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsOliver(Catalan) Oliver, Oliverson(English) Oliver, Olivier(French) Oliver(German) Oliversen(Norwegian) Alves(Portuguese) Álvarez, Alvarez(Spanish) Oliversson(Swedish)

Sources & References

  1. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 447.
  2. K枚bler, Gerhard. Gotisches W枚rterbuch, entry wars, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/gotwbhin.html.
Entry added December 7, 2022