English

Fagerstrom

Fagerstrom comes from Swedish Fagerström.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of fager ‘pretty’ + ström ‘stream, river’

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- ‘to fasten, place’

Proto-Germanic *fagraz ‘suitable, fitting, appropriate, nice’

Old Norse fagr ‘beautiful, fair’

Old Swedish fagher ‘fair, beautiful’

Swedish fager ‘pretty’

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, river’

Every English word from Swedish Fagerström

name A surname from Swedish.

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