English

Fredlund

Fredlund comes from Swedish Fredlund.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of fred ‘peace’ + lund ‘grove’

Proto-Indo-European *preyH- ‘to please’

Proto-Indo-European *priHós ‘beloved’

Proto-Germanic *frijaz ‘free’

Proto-Germanic *friþuz ‘love, friendship’

Old Norse friðr ‘peace, frith’

Swedish fred ‘peace’

Old Norse lundr ‘grove, clump of trees’

Old Swedish lunder

Swedish lund ‘grove’

Every English word from Swedish Fredlund

name A surname from Swedish.

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