Where does “Sundström” come from?
Sundström (Swedish) comes from Swedish sund, from Old Swedish sunder, from Middle Low German sunt, from Old Saxon sund, from Proto-West Germanic sund, from Proto-Germanic sundaz, from Proto-Indo-European swent- — vigorous, active, healthy; active, healthy.
Ancestry of “Sundström”, step by step
Sundström traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish sund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sund | sound, healthy; sound, strait |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sunder | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sunt | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | sund | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sund | healthy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sundaz | healthy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swent- | vigorous, active, healthy; active, healthy |
via Swedish ström
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ström | current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | strömber | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | straumr | a stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |