Where does “Magnus” come from?

Magnus (Swedish) comes from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

Ancestry of “Magnus”, step by step

Magnus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin magnus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

via Old Norse Magni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseMagni—
2Old Norsemagnstrength, power

Words derived from “Magnus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →