Where does “Stockholm” come from?
Stockholm (German) comes from Swedish Stockholm, from Swedish stock, from Old Swedish stokker, from Old Norse stokkr, from Proto-Germanic stukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.
Ancestry of “Stockholm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | Stockholm | Stockholm |
| 2 | Swedish | stock | a log; a stock; a pack of snus, usually ten,... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | stokker | tree trunk; log |
| 4 | Old Norse | stokkr | tree-trunk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stukkaz | stick; beam; post; stump |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “Stockholm”