Where does “Andersson” come from?

Andersson (Swedish) comes from Swedish Anders, from Swedish Andreas, from Swedish son, from Old Swedish son, from Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús.

Ancestry of “Andersson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishAnders
2SwedishAndreasAndrew
3Swedishsonson; someone's male child
4Old Swedishsonson
5Old Norsesonrson
6Proto-Germanicsunuzson
7Proto-Indo-European*suhnús
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús
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