Browse Elements

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

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

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

áed Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "fire".

ael Welsh
Welsh word meaning "brow".

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

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

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

aeron Welsh
Welsh word meaning "berries".

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

æðele Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "noble".

agrom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "battle, carnage".

ambra Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "amber", ultimately of Arabic origin.

an 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh intensive prefix.

angelica Late Roman
Latin word meaning "angelic".

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

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

aquilentum Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "prickly, eglantine".

ar 1 Old Welsh
Old Welsh prefix meaning "above, beyond".

ara coeli Late Roman
Latin phrase meaning "altar of the sky".

archiater Late Roman
Latin word meaning "doctor, physician".

ard Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "high".

argant Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "silver".

arth Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "bear (animal)".

artos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "bear (animal)".

aur Welsh
Welsh word meaning "gold" (of Latin origin).

azurium Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "lapis lazuli, azure".

bæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stream".

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".

baiovarii Late Roman
Late Latin word referring to a Germanic tribe (see Bavaria).

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

bann Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "peak".

baro Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "man, freeman" (of Frankish origin).

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

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

barrum Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "clay, mud".

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

battalia Late Roman
Vulgar Latin word meaning "battle".

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".

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

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

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

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

bendigaid Welsh
Welsh word meaning "blessed".

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".

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)".

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

bethu Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "life".

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

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

blancus Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Latin word meaning "white".

bláth Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "flower".

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

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".

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

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

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

boscus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "bush" (of Germanic origin).

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

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

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

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

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

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

bravus Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "angry, bold, brave".

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

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

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".

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

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

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".

brunus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "brown".

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

bryn Welsh
Welsh word meaning "hill".

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

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

bulgarus Late Roman
Latin word referring to the Turkic tribe of the Bulgars, possibly from a Turkic root meaning "mixed".

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

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".

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".

burgus Late Roman
Latin word meaning "village", of Frankish origin.

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

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

bustum Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "ox pasture".

bychan Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "little".

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

cáel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "slender".

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".

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

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

campana Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "bell".

capitaneus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "captain".

cappa Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "cloak, cape, hood".

cappella Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "chapel".

carae Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "friend".

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

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

castellum Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "castle".

cat Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "battle".

cath Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "battle".

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

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

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)".

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".

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

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

clarus Late Roman
Latin word meaning "clear, bright".

clericus Late Roman
Latin word meaning "cleric, priest", ultimately from Greek.

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".

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".

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

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

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

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

cryf Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "strong".

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

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

cullach Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "boar".

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

cunnail Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "prudent, constant".

cuprum Late Roman
Latin word meaning "copper".

cuþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "known, familiar".

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

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

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

cyningdom Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "kingdom".

cynt Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "first, before".

da 3 Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "good".

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

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

dair Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "oak".

dam 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "ox, deer".

damm Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch and Old English word (unattested) meaning "dam".

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

dech Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "honour, better".

del 1 Welsh
Welsh word meaning "pretty, neat".

delb Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "form, image".

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

deore Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dear".

der 2 Old Irish
Old Irish prefix meaning "daughter".

derch Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "exalted".

dess Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "south".

dēwos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "god".

día Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "god".

diamas Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "diamond".

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

did Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "day".

dilys Welsh
Welsh word meaning "genuine".

dol Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "meadow".

dolen Welsh
Welsh word meaning "ring, little loop, link of a chain".

domun Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "world, deep".

donn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "brown".

dorchae Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dark".

dub Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "black".

dubnos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "world, deep".

duiu Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "god".

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

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

dūnom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "rampart, hill fort, citadel".

dwfr Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "water".

dy 2 Old Welsh
Welsh prefix meaning "to, toward" (in some cases perfective, intensifying or persistent; in other cases not changing the meaning of the root).

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

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

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

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

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

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

ecg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "edge, blade".

ech Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "horse".

eira Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "snow".

el 2 Old Welsh
Welsh intensive prefix.

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

eó Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "yew".

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

eorl Anglo-Saxon
Old English noble title.

eormen Anglo-Saxon
Old English prefix meaning "whole, great, universal".

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

est Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grace".

ét Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "jealousy, passion".

étig Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "ugly, misshapen".

étiud Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "armour, clothing".

evangelista Late Roman
Latin word meaning "evangelist, preacher".

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

fal Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "rule".

falco Old High German, Late Roman
Old High German and Late Latin word meaning "falcon".

faru Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "journey".

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

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

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

fer 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "man".

ffrau Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "stream, flow".

ffrewi Welsh
Welsh word meaning "pacify, quell, reconcile".

fiach Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "raven".

fích Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "battle, fight, feud".

fili Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "poet".

finn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "white, blessed".

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

flæd Anglo-Saxon
Old English element possibly meaning "beauty" (unattested as a word).

flaith Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "ruler, sovereign, lord".

flann Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "blood red".

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

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

forestis Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "unenclosed forest".

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

Franca Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a Frank", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

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

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

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

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

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

gal 3 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "valour".

gall Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "foreigner, stranger" (originally meaning "a Gaul", of Latin origin).

galnati Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "to be able".

gamuin Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "calf".

gan 2 Old Irish
Old Irish suffix meaning "family, birth, born of".

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

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

gein Old Irish
Old Irish suffix meaning "birth".

gel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "bright, white".

gen Old Welsh
Old Welsh suffix meaning "birth, origin, born of".

genos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "kin, family, birth".

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

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

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

gēstlos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "pledge, hostage".

gíall Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "hostage".

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

glæd Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright, cheerful, glad".

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

glais Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "water, stream".

glan Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "clean".

glas 2 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "green".

glendos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "valley".

glenn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "valley".

glynn Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "valley".

gobae Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "smith".

goban Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "smith".

god 1 Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "god".

god 2 Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "good".

gof Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "smith".

goídel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "Gael, Irishman".

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

gorm Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "blue" and figuratively "illustrious, splendid".

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

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

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

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

grossus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "big, large", possibly of Germanic origin.

gual Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "ruler, leader".

guid Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "trees".

gulat Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "country, realm".

guocaun Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "glory".

guor Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "over".

gur Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "man".

guss Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "vigour, strength, force".

guð 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "battle".

gwaladr Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "ruler, leader".

gwen Old Welsh
Feminine form of gwyn.

gwerth Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "value, worth".

gwydd Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "appearance, face".

gwyn Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "white, blessed" (masculine).

gwystyl Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "pledge, hostage".

hæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fence, enclosure".

hael Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Welsh and Breton word meaning "generous".

hær Anglo-Saxon
Old English word (possibly) meaning "rock, heap of stones".

hæþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "heath, wilderness".

hafoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hawk".

haga Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure, yard".