Where does “Þorsteinn” come from?
Þorsteinn (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse Þorsteinn, from Old Norse Steinn, from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European steyh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
Ancestry of “Þorsteinn”, step by step
Words derived from “Þorsteinn”