Where does “Stockholm” come from?

Stockholm comes from Swedish stock, derived from Old Swedish stokker, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-, meaning to push or thrust.

Stockholm (English): The Swedish government

Definitions

  1. The Swedish government

Ancestry of “Stockholm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishStockholmStockholm
2Swedishstocka log; a stock; a pack of snus, usually ten,...
3Old Swedishstokkertree trunk; log
4Old Norsestokkrtree-trunk
5Proto-Germanicstukkazstick; beam; post; stump
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tewg-to push, to hit
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “Stockholm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stukkaz →