Nordheim Dictionary

In some articles on this site, the words may be from German or older forms of the language like Old Germanic or Proto-Germanic. This page is dedicated to giving translations both to modern German and English for these words. Generally, entries will be structured as such:

''Word - Origin:Definition. Ancestor of [Modern German Word] (If applicable). Translation.''

''Compound Word - Compound of [X] (Origin:Definition. Ancestor of [Modern German Word] (If applicable)) and [Y] (Origin:Definition. Ancestor of [Modern German Word] (If applicable)). Translation.''

Proto-Germanic dates from around 500BCE to 0CE.

Proto-West Germanic dates from around 0CE to 700CE.

Old High German dates from around 700CE to 1100CE.

Middle High German dates from around 1100CE to 1500CE.

Modern German dates from 1500CE onwards.

Proto-Germanic/Old Germanic
Since the lines between these two languages can be a bit blurred, they have both been included in the same category. Proto-Germanic words are largely not attested and are reconstructed by linguists, while Old Germanic words largely are attested. Old Germanic for this site includes Old High Germanic, and in some cases, Old Dutch. Proto-Germanic for these purposes includes languages such as Proto-West Germanic. Some words may not have etymologies dating back far enough to Proto-Germanic, so slightly newer words may be used instead, and some words also do not have newer Proto-West Germanic versions, and so an older version may be used.

Nurþrąlandą - compound word of Nurþrą (Proto-Germanic:North/Northern. Ancestor of Nord.) and landą (Proto-Germanic:Land/Area of Ground. Ancestor of Land). Translates literally to 'Northern Land'.

Smalazlok - compound word of Smalaz (Proto-Germanic:Small. Ancestor of Schmal.) and lok (Proto-West Germanic:Shutter/Lock/Hole. Ancestor of Loch.) Translation to modern German is Schmalloch, which means "Small Hole". Loch is a stand-in for "Fenster" (Window) which had not yet entered the language from its Latin origins.

Aldwalþu - compound word of Ald (Proto-West Germanic:Old. Ancestor of Alt.) and walþu (Proto-West Germanic:Forest. Ancestor of Wald.) Translates literally to 'Old Forest'.

Kronastadi - compound word of Krona (Old High German:Crown. Ancestor of Krone.) and stadi (Proto-West Germanic:Place. Ancestory of Stadt.) Translates literally to 'Crown Place'.

Ubiriland - compound word of Ubiri (Old High German:Over. Ancestor of Über.) and land (Old High German:Land. Ancestor of Land.) Translates literally to 'Over Land'.

Ostteni - compound word of Ost (Old High German:East. Ancestor of Ost.) and teni (Old High German:Dane. Ancestor of Däne.) Translates literally to 'East Dane'.

Sutheimoti - compound word of Sut (Old High German:South. Ancestor of Süd.) and heimoti (Old High German:Home/Homeland.) Translates literally to 'South Homeland'.

Ruowacost - compound word of Ruowa (Old High German:Peace/Quiet/Rest. Ancestor of Ruhig & Ruhe.) and cost (Old Dutch:Coast. Ancestor of Küste.) Translates literally to 'Quiet Coast'.