*Ansuwaldaz
Runic: ᚨᚾᛊᚢᚹᚨᛚᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɑn.su.ˌwɑl.dɑz/proper noun · masculine · a-stem
Meanings
a male given name
Etymology
From *ansuz + *waldaz¹, a dithematic theophoric personal name, literally ‘divine ruler’ or ‘ruler associated with a deity’. The reconstruction is supported by continental Germanic Ansovald, Ansuald, Ansoald, Answald (Förstemann 1900: 131), Old English Ōsweald, and Old Norse Ásvaldr. Proto-Germanic *ansuz regularly gives Old English ōs- and Old Norse áss-/ós- (Ringe & Taylor 2014: 141), while *waldaz¹ is an agentive name element from the root of *waldaną; compare *Harjawaldaz and *alawaldaz ~ alawaldô (Carr 1939: 57; Watkins 2011: s.v. *wal-).
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | Ansuwaldaz | – |
| Acc. | Ansuwaldą | – |
| Gen. | Ansuwaldas, Ansuwaldis | – |
| Dat. | Ansuwaldai | – |
| Inst. | Ansuwaldō | – |
| Voc. | Ansuwald | – |
Descendants
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*Ansuwald (Proto-West Germanic)
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Ōsweald (Old English)
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Oswald (Middle English)
- Oswald (English)
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Oswald (Middle English)
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Ōsweald (Old English)
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*Ansuwald (Proto-West Germanic)
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Answalt (Old High German)
- Answald (German)
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Answalt (Old High German)
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*ᚨᛊᚢᚹᚨᛚᛞᚨᛉ (*asuwaldaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
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Ásvaldr (Old Norse)
- Ásvaldur (Faroese)
- Ásvaldur (Icelandic)
- Åsvald (Norwegian)
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Ásvaldr (Old Norse)