English

Engstrom

Engstrom comes from Swedish Engström.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of äng ‘meadow’ + ström ‘stream, current’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos ‘a bend’

Proto-Germanic *angijō ‘a low lying meadow in a valley or near a river’

Old Norse eng ‘meadow’

Old Swedish æng

Swedish äng ‘meadow’

Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow’

Proto-Indo-European *srówmos

Proto-Germanic *straumaz ‘stream, current, river’

Old Norse straumr ‘a stream, a current, a race, a river’

Old Swedish strömber

Swedish ström ‘stream, current’

Every English word from Swedish Engström

name A surname from Swedish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.