English

Enquist

Enquist comes from Swedish Enqvist.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of en ‘juniper’ + kvist ‘twig’

Proto-Indo-European -

Proto-Germanic *ainijaz ‘juniper’

Old Norse einir ‘juniper’

Swedish en ‘juniper’

Proto-Indo-European *gwosdos ‘piece of wood’

Proto-Germanic *kwastuz ‘tuft’

Proto-Germanic *twistaz

Old Norse kvistr ‘twig, branch’

Swedish kvist ‘twig’

Every English word from Swedish Enqvist

name A surname from Swedish.

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