Etymograph

English

Olaf

Olaf comes from Old Norse Óláfr, from Proto-Germanic *laibō ‘what is left, remainder, remnant’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘ancestor’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂en-‘ancestor’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*anô‘ancestor’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laibō‘what is left, remainder, remnant’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Anulaibazreconstructed
  5. Proto-Norsec. 200–800 CEanulaibaʀtransliteratedrunes *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉreconstructed
  6. Old Norsec. 800–1350Óláfr
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1998Olaf

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂en-‘ancestor’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*anô‘ancestor’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laibō‘what is left, remainder, remnant’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Anulaibazreconstructed
  5. Proto-Norsec. 200–800 CEanulaibaʀtransliteratedrunes *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉreconstructed
  6. Old Norsec. 800–1350Óláfr
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1998Olaf

Earliest quotation: 1998, Garrison Keillor, Wobegon Boy: “And then all hundred and one of us trooped…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘ancestor’

on, end, along, upon, ana, anterior, asunder, 8 more

Today it means

name A male given name from Old Norse.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- / Olaf

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