Where does “styvson” come from?

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

styvson (Swedish): stepson; someone's spouse's son by a former...

Definitions

  1. stepson; someone's spouse's son by a former...

Ancestry of “styvson”, step by step

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