Etymology

Anselm

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Today it means: A male given name from the Germanic languages. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *ansuz ← Old High German hëlm
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The story

  1. Old High German · derived fromhëlm“helmet”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*ansuz“god”
  3. English todayAnselm

From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”) + Old High German hëlm (“helmet”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*ansuz all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.