English

Froberg

Froberg comes from Swedish Fröberg.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of frö ‘seed, germ’ + berg ‘mountain’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-

Proto-Germanic *fraiwą ‘seed, semen’

Old Norse fræ ‘a seed of a plant’

Old Swedish frø

Swedish frö ‘seed, germ’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise up, ascend’

Proto-Germanic *bergaz ‘hill, mountain’

Old Norse bjarg

Swedish berg ‘mountain’

Every English word from Swedish Fröberg

name A surname from Swedish.

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