Ancient Elements

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 2 δᾶ Ancient Greek
Doric Greek form of ge.

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".

dag Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "day".

dagaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "day".

dagr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "day".

dair Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "oak".

dal Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "dale, valley".

dalah דָּלָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to draw up, to hang".

dalaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dale, valley".

dalĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "distance".

daliyyah דָּלִיָּה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "hanging branch".

dallr Old Norse
Old Norse word possibly meaning "glowing, shining".

dalr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dale, valley".

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

dama दाम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "rope, garland".

damazo δαμάζω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to tame".

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

dammaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dam".

dammr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "dam".

danc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".

danir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Dane", referring to the Germanic tribe.

danŭ данъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "given", a participle of dati.

daphne δάφνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "laurel".

darshana दर्शन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "seeing, observing, understanding, philosophy".

darŭ даръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "gift".

dasa दास Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "servant, slave".

data 𐎭𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
Old Persian word meaning "given".

datam 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 Old Persian
Old Persian word meaning "law".

dati дати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to give".

daya दया Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "compassion, pity".

ḏd 𓆓𓂧 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "stability".

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

decanus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "chief".

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

dějanĭje дѣꙗниѥ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "deed, action".

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

delicatus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "delicate, tender, charming".

demos δῆμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "the people".

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".

desętĭ десѧть Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "ten".

desha देश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "region, place, country".

desiderare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to desire".

desiti десити Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to find, to encounter".

dess Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "south".

děti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to do, to say".

deukes δευκής Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sweet".

deurjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dear".

deva देव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "god".

devi देवी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "goddess".

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

dhananjaya धनंजय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "winning wealth".

dharma धर्म Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue".

dhavala धवल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dazzling white".

dhira धीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wise".

dhuriya धुरीय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "bearing a burden".

día Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "god".

diakonos διάκονος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "servant".

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

did Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "day".

dīkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic word meaning "ditch, pond".

dike δίκη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "justice, custom, order".

din 2 דִּין Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to judge".

dina दिन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "day".

dĭnĭnica дьньница Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus".

diota Old High German
Old High German word meaning "people, tribe".

dipa दीप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lamp, light".

dipaka दीपक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "inflaming, exciting".

dipali दिपाली Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "row of lamps".

dipti दीपति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brightness, light".

dís Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "goddess".

disha दिशा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "region, direction".

dīsiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "goddess, woman".

diutisk Old High German
Old High German word meaning "of the people, of the tribe, German".

divĭnŭ дивьнъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "wonderful".

divus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "divine, godly".

divya दिव्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "divine, heavenly".

dlongos Ancient (Hypothetical)
Indo-European root meaning "long".

'dn Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "lord, master".

dǫbrava дѫбрава Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "oak grove, forest".

dobrŭ добръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "good".

dǫbŭ дѫбъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "oak".

dod דּוֹד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "beloved" or "uncle".

dokeo δοκέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to think, to imagine, to suppose, to expect".

dokimos δόκιμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "approved, esteemed, tested".

dol Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "meadow".

dolor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sorrow".

domina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "lady, mistress" (feminine form of dominus).

dominus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "master".

domŭ домъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "house".

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

donn Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "brown".

dor דּוֹר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "generation".

dorchae Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dark".

dorf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "village".

dorgŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "dear, precious".

Dorieis Δωριεῖς Ancient Greek
Greek word for the tribe of the Dorians.

dorn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "thorn".

doron δῶρον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "gift".

dosis δόσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "giving".

dotos δοτός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "given, granted".

doulos δοῦλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "slave".

doxa δόξα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "notion, reputation, honour, glory".

'ḏr Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to help".

draen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to turn".

drakon δράκων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dragon, serpent".

dresken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to thresh".

drud Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "strength".

du 𒄭 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "good".

dub Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "black".

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

duda Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bagpipes, pipes".

dudŭkŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "hoopoe (bird)".

duiu Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "god".

dulcis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sweet".

dumu 𒌉 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "son, child".

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

duna Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "dune, hill".

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

dūnǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hill, dune" (possibly of Celtic origin).

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

durans Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "enduring".

durri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dry" (later acquiring the meaning "thin").

duša дꙋша Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "soul, spirit, breath".

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

dux Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "leader".

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".

ebur Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "boar".

eburaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "boar".

ecclesia Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "church" (of Greek origin).

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

ech Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "horse".

'eder עֵדֶר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "flock, herd".

egg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "edge, blade".

eggia Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "edge, blade".

egi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fear".

ehwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "horse".

ei 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ever, always".

eidos εἶδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "kind, type".

eih Old High German
Old High German word meaning "oak".

eik Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "oak".

ein Old High German
Old High German word meaning "one".

einig Old High German
Old High German word meaning "united".

einn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "one".

eira Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "snow".

ekka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "edge, corner".

'el אֵל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "God".

el 2 Old Welsh
Welsh intensive prefix.

'elah אֵלָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "terebinth, tree".

eldr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fire".

eleemon ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "compassionate".

elenŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "deer".

ellan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "courage".

'elon אֵלוֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "strong tree, oak".

elpis ἐλπίς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "hope".

emeritus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "veteran".

en 2 𒂗 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "lord, master".

en 3 Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "one".

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

eng Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "meadow".

engil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "angel" (of Greek origin).

enig Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "only".

enz Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "giant".

eo Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "law, custom".

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".

epi ἐπί Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "on, upon".

epiphaneia ἐπιφάνεια Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "appearance, manifestation".

episkopos ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "overseer", and later "bishop".

era Old High German
Old High German word meaning "honour, respect".

eratos ἐρατός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lovely, charming, beloved".

erda Old High German
Old High German word meaning "earth, soil".

ereš 𒊩𒌆 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "lady, queen".

ergon ἔργον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "work, deed".

ericius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "hedgehog".

erkan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pure, holy, genuine".

erkn Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "pure, holy, genuine".

erknaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "pure, holy, genuine".

erlaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "noble".

ermun Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "whole, great, universal".

ermunaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "whole, great, universal".

ernust Old High German
Old High German word meaning "serious, earnest".

ernustaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "strife, seriousness".

ertha Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "earth, soil".

erþō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "earth, soil".

'esh אֵשׁ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "fire".

ěsnŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "clear".

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".

eu εὖ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "good".

eurys εὐρύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wide".

eutaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word referring to the tribe of the Jutes.

'eved עֶבֶד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "servant, slave".

'even אֶבֶן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "stone".

ewa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "law, custom".

expositus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "exposed".

extraneus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "foreign, strange".

ey 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "island".

ey 2 Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "good fortune".

ežĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "hedgehog".

'ezrah עֶזְרָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "help".

faber Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "smith, artisan".

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

fagus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beech tree".

fal Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "rule".

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

falki Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "falcon".

falkô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "falcon".

falx Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sickle, scythe".

fanją Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fen, swamp".

fara Old High German
Old High German word meaning "journey".

farawa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "colour".

fardi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "journey".

fardiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "journey, voyage".

farina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "flour".

farn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fern".

farnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fern".

farō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "journey".

farþa 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌸𐌰 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "journey, voyage".

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

fastr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "firm, solid".

fastuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "firm, solid".

fatum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "fate, destiny".

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".

felicitas Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "good luck, fortune".

felt Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "field".

felþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "field".

felu Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "much".

feni Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "fen, swamp".

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

fenni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fen, swamp".

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

ferrarius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "ironworker, blacksmith".

ferrum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "iron".

festus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "festive, merry".

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

fiach Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "raven".

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

ficus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "fig".

fides Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "faith, belief".

fidula Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fiddle".

figa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fig" (of Latin origin).

fili Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "poet".

filius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "son".

filo Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "much".

filu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "much".

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

finnr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Sámi, person from Finland".

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

fiskaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fish".

fiskr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fish".

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

flæmingr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Fleming, person from Flanders".

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".

flōduz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stream, flood".

florens Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "prosperous, flourishing".

flos Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "flower" (genitive floris).

fluot Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "stream, flood".

fogal Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "bird".

folk Old High German, Old Norse
Old High German and Old Norse word meaning "people".

fons Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "spring, fountain".

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

fors Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "waterfall".

forst Old High German
Old High German word meaning "forest".

fortis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "strong".

fortuna Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "fortune, luck, chance".

forum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "forum, public place".

fossa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "ditch".

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

frakkar Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "Franks", referring to the Germanic tribe.

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

Franko Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "a Frank", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

frankô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "spear, javelin" and "a Frank", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

fraujô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "lord, master".

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

fri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "free".