Where does “Ælfþryþ” come from?
Ælfþryþ (Old English) comes from Old English Ælf, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.
Ancestry of “Ælfþryþ”, step by step
Ælfþryþ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English Ælf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | Ælf | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | albi | elf, fairy |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | albī | river |
| 4 | Latin | Albis | — |
| 5 | Latin | Albeus | — |
via Old English þryþ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | þryþ | strength, power, force |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þrūþiz | strength |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -þiz | Forms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |