ᚨᚢᛃᚨ

Proto-Norse

FWOTD – 1 January 2026

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.
Proto-Germanic *aują
Proto-Norse ᚨᚢᛃᚨ

    From Proto-Germanic *aują n, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“enjoy”). See also Proto-Germanic *auþuz (“easy”).

    Noun

    ᚨᚢᛃᚨ (auja) n

    1. fortune, luck
      • 440–560, inscription on the Skodborghus-B bracteate (DR IK161)[1]
        ᚨᚢᛃᚨᚨᛚᚨᚹᛁᚾᚨᚢᛃᚨᚨᛚᚨᚹᛁᚾᚨᚢᛃᚨᚨᛚᚨᚹᛁᚾᛃᚨᛚᚨᚹᛁᛞ
        aujaalawinaujaalawinaujaalawinjalawid
        /auja Alawin, auja Alawin, auja Alawin, j[āra] Alawid/
        luck for Alawin, luck for Alawin, luck for Alawin, prosperity for Alawid
      • c. 6th century, inscription on the bracteate Seeland-II-C (IK 98)[2]
        ᚷᛁᛒᚢᚨᚢᛅᚨ
        /gibu auja/
        I give luck

    Descendants

    • Old Norse: ey n (hapax)
    • ⇒ Proto-Norse: *ᚨᚢᛃᚨᚹᛁᚾᛞᚢᛉ (*aujawinduʀ)
      • Old Norse: Eyvindr (see there for further descendants)

    Further reading

    • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*auþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
    • Vladimir Orel (2003), “*aujan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[4], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
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