Where does “Ibsen” come from?

Ibsen (English) comes from Danish Ibsen, from Danish -sen, from Danish søn, from Old Danish sun, from Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús.

Ancestry of “Ibsen”, step by step

Ibsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish Ibsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishIbsen—
2Danish-sen-son; Forms patronymic surnames
3Danishsønson
4Old Danishsunson
5Old Norsesonrson
6Proto-Germanicsunuzson
7Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—

via Norwegian Ibsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NorwegianIbsennotably of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen
2NorwegianIb—

Words derived from “Ibsen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús →Every word from Proto-Germanic sunuz →Every word from Old Norse sonr →