English
Oswald
Oswald comes from Old English Ōsweald, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Ansuwaldaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Ansuwaldazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Ansuwaldreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Ōsweald
- EnglishtodayOswald
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Ansuwaldazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Ansuwaldreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Ōsweald
- EnglishtodayOswald
A compound of *ansuz ‘deity, god’ + *waldą ‘might, power, authority, force’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- ‘to give birth, beget’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂émsus ‘king, lord’
Proto-Germanic *ansuz ‘deity, god’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- ‘to give birth, beget’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂émsus ‘king, lord’
Proto-Germanic *ansuz ‘deity, god’
Proto-Germanic *waldą ‘might, power, authority, force’
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Ansuwaldaz
Today it means
name Oswald of Northumbria, 7th century Northumbrian King and Saint.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Ansuwaldaz / Oswald