Where does “åsted” come from?

åsted (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål å, from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē — self (reflexive pronoun).

åsted (Norwegian Bokmål): a crime scene; scene, site

Definitions

  1. a crime scene; scene, site

Ancestry of “åsted”, step by step

åsted traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål å

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålåto; To express different emotions, oh; Used to...
2Swedishåa river, a creek, a big stream; on
3Swedishochand; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
4Old Swedishock
5Old Norseokand; also, too; yoke
6Old Norsesváso
7Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
8Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswēself (reflexive pronoun)

via Norwegian Bokmål sted

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsteda place
2Danishstedplace; spot; passage, text
3Old Danishstathplace, spot; town, city
4Old Norsestaðra place, spot, abode; a city, town, palace; a...
5Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
7Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via Danish å

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishåriver, creek, stream; oh; O
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēEvery word from Proto-Germanic swēEvery word from Proto-Germanic swa