Where does “Stockholm” come from?
Stockholm (Swedish) comes from Swedish stock, from Old Swedish stokker, from Old Norse stokkr, from Proto-Germanic stukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.
Stockholm (Swedish): Stockholm
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Stockholm”, step by step
Stockholm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish stock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stock | a log; a stock; a pack of snus, usually ten,... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | stokker | tree trunk; log |
| 3 | Old Norse | stokkr | tree-trunk |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stukkaz | stick; beam; post; stump |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Swedish holme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | holme | a small island, an islet, a holm (normally uninhabited and typically more or less covered with trees) |
| 2 | Old Swedish | holmber | holm, island |
| 3 | Old Norse | hólmr | island |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hulmaz | small island, hill, mound |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hmos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelH- | to freeze |