Where does “Jörgensen” come from?

Jörgensen (Icelandic) comes from Danish Jørgensen, from Danish Jørgen, from Low German Jürgen, from Middle Low German Jurian, from Latin Georgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος, from Ancient Greek γεωργός, from Ancient Greek γεω- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “Jörgensen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishJørgensen
2DanishJørgen
3Low GermanJürgen
4Middle Low GermanJurian
5LatinGeorgius
6Ancient GreekΓεώργιοςfarmer, earth-worker
7Ancient Greekγεωργόςtilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer
8Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
9Latin-logia-logy; the study of
10Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
11Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
12Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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