Old Norse askr literally means " ash tree " but the etymology of embla is uncertain, and two possibilities of the meaning of embla are generally proposed.

Grimm traces the etymology of the name to * balþaz, whence Gothic balþs, Old English bald, Old High German pald, all meaning " bold, brave ".

The name has been explained as derived from a Celtic term for " far islands ", but in popular etymology it has long been understood as based on Old Norse fár " livestock ", thus fær-øer " sheep islands ".

To evaluate the etymology of words, Webster learned twenty-six languages, including Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ), German, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Arabic, and Sanskrit.

The etymology of the word into English is from Old French Philistin, from Classical Latin Philistinus found in the writings of Josephus, from Late Greek Philistinoi ( Phylistiim in the Septuagint ) found in the writings by Philo, from Hebrew Plištim, ( e. g. 1 Samuel 17: 36 ; 2 Samuel 1: 20 ; Judges 14: 3 ; Amos 1: 8 ), " people of Plešt " (" Philistia "); cf.

The names of Silesia in the different languages most likely share their etymology — Latin and English: Silesia ; Polish: Śląsk ; Old Polish: Ślążsk ; Silesian: Ślůnsk ; German: Schlesien ; Silesian German: Schläsing ; Czech: Slezsko ; Slovak: Sliezsko ; Kashubian: Sląsk ; Upper Sorbian: Šleska ; Lower Sorbian: Šlazyńska.

The name is spelled as t-o-ň-uq-uq () in the Old Turkic script, variously interpreted as Tunuquq, Tonuquq, Tuj-uquq, Tony Yuguq, Tujun-oq, Tojuquq, with a number of suggestions for its etymology.

An alternative etymology derives the first part from Old English weri ( to wear ); the full form in this case would be glossed as wearer of wolf skin.

Its etymology derives from the Old French term, conté or cunté and could denote a jurisdiction in mainland Europe, under the sovereignty of a count ( earl ) or a viscount.

The etymology of the word refers to enclosure: it is from Middle English gardin, from Anglo-French gardin, jardin, of Germanic origin ; akin to Old High German gard, gart, an enclosure or compound, as in Stuttgart.

The etymology of " cunt " is a matter of debate, but most sources consider the word to have derived from a Germanic word ( Proto-Germanic * kuntō, stem * kuntōn -), which appeared as in Old Norse.

He set out a fictional etymology for the name in an appendix to Lord of the Rings, to the effect that it was derived from holbytla ( plural holbytlan ), a speculative reconstruction of Old English, meaning “ hole-builder ” ( in the books, Old English stands in for words in the language of the fictional Rohirrim ).

The Oxford English Dictionary gives the etymology of teil as Latin tilia and Old French ( 13-15th c .) til.

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the etymology of the word can be traced back to the Old English word hlāford which originated from hlāfweard meaning ' bread keeper ' or ' loaf-ward ', reflecting the Germanic tribal custom of a chieftain providing food for his followers.

The word ' mistletoe ' ( Old English mistiltan ) is of uncertain etymology ; it may be related to German Mist, for dung and Tang for branch, since mistletoe can be spread in the feces of birds moving from tree to tree.

The etymology of South can be traced back to the Old English word suth, related to the Old High German word sund, and perhaps sunne in Old English with sense of " the region of the sun.

The name Cynric has a straightforward Old English etymology meaning " kin-ruler.

" However, as both his predecessor, Cerdic, and successor, Ceawlin, might have Celtic names, an alternative etymology has been postulated from " Cunorix " which would mean " hound-king " in Old British ( rendered as Cinir in Old Welsh, Kynyr in Middle Welsh ).

The Old Irish name Óengus is attested in Adomnán's Life of St. Columba as Oinogus ( s ) ius, showing that its etymology is from the Proto-Celtic roots * oino-" one " and * guss-" choice ".

It is unknown how the word Lapp came into the Norse language, but it may have been introduced by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus to distinguish between Fish-Fennians ( coastal tribes ) and Lap-Fennians ( forest tribes ), supporting the second etymology.

The etymology of the Old Norse name Gullveig is problematic.

Scholarly theories have been proposed about the etymology of her name, and her connection with other figures in Norse mythology.

In a disputable etymology, W. Meid ( 1992 ) has linked the names Yama ( reconstructed in Proto-Indo-European as * yemos ) and the name of the primeval Norse frost giant Ymir, which can be reconstructed in Proto-Germanic as * umijaz or * jumijaz, in the latter case possibly deriving from PIE, from the root yem " twin ".

Some have given the etymology of Uist from Old Norse meaning " west ", much like Westray in the Orkney Islands.

The etymology is connected with the idea of breakage, from Old English sceard, related to Old Norse skarth, " notch ", and Middle High German scharte, " notch ".

Old Norse jór-is a short compound version of Old Norse jofurr which has the same etymology and meaning as Old English eofor i. e. boar / chieftain.

Like ' Grimsby ' the etymology of the word Scartho can be traced back to having Old Norse origin, more than likely due to the ancestry of the surrounding area.

The etymology of the island names is dominated by Norse influence.

But, this speculation is probably a case of folk etymology or linguistic " false friend "; the word skral does not exist in medieval Norse texts ( for example the Icelandic sagas ) nor in modern Icelandic.

Knowledge of Norse religion is mostly drawn from the results of archaeological field work, etymology and early written materials.

The etymology of the name has been traced to both the Norse Goðrmaðray meaning " warrior priest's island " and the Gaelic Gu mòr traigh meaning " only at low tide ", but the latter is an example of folk etymology.

1866, a scholarly etymology which comprehensively examines the influence of the Old Norse language and personal names on the place-names of the Cumbrian area.

There are other Norse names in the kingdom of Gwynedd ( such as Point of Ayr ), but etymology is an imprecise tool.

Ríg-Jarl had eleven sons, the youngest of which bore the name Kon the Young ( Old Norse Konr Ungr ), this name understood to be the origin of the title konungr ' king ', though the etymology is in fact untenable.

His name was Kon the young ( Konr ungr in Old Norse ), the name and title to be understood as the origin of the Norse word konungr ( king ) ( although this is a false etymology ).

This list follows the generally accepted identification between the names Götar ( modern Swedish ), Gautar ( Old Norse ) and Geatas ( Old English ), which is based both on tradition, literary sources and on etymology.

Another Semitic etymology compares Assyrian barīrītu, the name of a female demon found in Middle Babylonian and Late Babylonian texts.

An etymology for this name is presented by ' B.

The etymology of the name Ares is traditionally connected with the Greek word ἀρή ( arē ), the Ionic form of the Doric ἀρά ( ara ), " bane, ruin, curse, imprecation ".

Due to a false etymology, a popular belief is that they were most likely Finns – the obsolete name of Nenets people, Samoyed, has a similar meaning in Russian: " self-eater ".

It is also possible that the name Axeinos arose by popular etymology from a Scythian Iranic axšaina-' unlit ,' ' dark '; the designation " Black Sea " may thus date from Antiquity.

A more recent etymology by Xavier Delamarre would derive it from a Common Celtic * Beltinijā, cognate with the name of the Lithuanian goddess of death Giltinė, the root of both being Proto-Indo-European * gʷelH-" suffering, death ".

The etymology of the name Benjamin is a matter of dispute, though most agree that it is composed of two parts-ben and jamin-the former meaning son of.

The village is said to take its name from the " Bold Venture " that it must have appeared to build a farm in this moorland, but this is probably folk etymology, as " Bol -" is a common prefix in Cornish placenames.

St. Gregory VII having, indeed, abridged the order of prayers, and having simplified the Liturgy as performed at the Roman Court, this abridgment received the name of Breviary, which was suitable, since, according to the etymology of the word, it was an abridgment.

For the etymology, see Cyrus ( name ).

This account is used to explain the name " Seligenstadt " by folk etymology.

This statement was likely picked up by the author of the Estoire Merlin, or Vulgate Merlin, where the author ( who was fond of fanciful folk etymologies ) asserts that Escalibor " is a Hebrew name which means in French ' cuts iron, steel, and wood '" (" c ' est non Ebrieu qui dist en franchois trenche fer & achier et fust "; note that the word for " steel " here, achier, also means " blade " or " sword " and comes from medieval Latin aciarium, a derivative of acies " sharp ", so there is no direct connection with Latin chalybs in this etymology ).

One traditional etymology connects it to the name of the Helveconae, a Germanic tribe mentioned in Ancient Greek and Latin sources, but the etymology or language of the tribal name is not known.

While this Hebrew name is not the etymology of Essaioi / Esseni, the Aramaic equivalent Hesi ' im known from Eastern Aramaic texts has been suggested.

The etymology of the name is disputed ; an alternative name of the dance is stantipes, which suggests that one foot was stationary during the dance ; but the more widely accepted etymology relates it to estamper, to stamp the feet.

So it is more plausible that Fosite is the older name and Forseti a folk etymology.

The Cymean historian Ephorus held the same view, and the idea gained support in antiquity on the strength of a false etymology which derived his name from ho mḕ horṓn (: " he who does not see ").