Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “Åström” come from?

Åström (Swedish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European swē.

Ancestry of “Åström”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishåa river, a creek, a big stream; on
2Swedishochand; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
3Old Swedishock—
4Old Norseokand; also, too; yoke
5Old Norsesváso
6Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
7Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswē—
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