*Anulaibaz

Runic: ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɑ.nu.lɑi̯.βɑz/

proper noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

a male given name

Etymology

From the archaic personal-name element *anu- + *-laibaz, the latter a masculine name-form related to *laibō. De Vries (1977: 418) reconstructs Proto-Norse *anulaibaʀ and interprets the name as ‘descendant of the primordial ancestor’, with *anu- probably preserving an archaic sacral term for a venerated ancestor. After medial-vowel syncope, *anulaibaz > *anlaibaz; subsequent Proto-Norse loss of n with compensatory lengthening yielded Old Norse Áleifr, whose original -ei- is confirmed by early skaldic rhyme (Fulk 2018: 70). The second element belongs with *laibō (Kroonen 2013: 323), but in masculine personal names had the specialized sense ‘descendant, heir’.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.Anulaibaz–
Acc.Anulaibą–
Gen.Anulaibas, Anulaibis–
Dat.Anulaibai–
Inst.Anulaibō–
Voc.Anulaib–

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Descendants

  • Anlāf (Old English)
  • *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • Óláfr, Ǫ́láfr, Óleifr, Áleifr, Ǫ́leifr (Old Norse)
      • Olaf, Olav, Oluf (Danish)
      • Olaf (English)
      • Olev (Estonian)
      • Ólavur (Faroese)
      • Olavi, Uolevi (Finnish)
      • Áleifur, Ólafur (Icelandic)
      • Olav, Ola, Olaf (Norwegian)
  • *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • Óláfr, Ǫ́láfr, Óleifr, Áleifr, Ǫ́leifr (Old Norse)
      • Olaus (Latin)
        • Lávus (Faroese)
  • *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • Óláfr, Ǫ́láfr, Óleifr, Áleifr, Ǫ́leifr (Old Norse)
      • Óli (Old Norse)
        • Ole (Danish)
        • Óli (Faroese)
        • Olli (Finnish)
        • Óli (Icelandic)
        • Ole (Norwegian)
        • Olle (Swedish)
  • *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • Óláfr, Ǫ́láfr, Óleifr, Áleifr, Ǫ́leifr (Old Norse)
      • Olawær (Old Swedish)
        • Olof, Olov (Swedish)

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