English
Hogsett
Hogsett comes from Norwegian Høgseth, and goes back to Old Norse heggsetr.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350heggsetr
- NorwegianmodernHøgseth
- EnglishtodayHogsett
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350heggsetr
- NorwegianmodernHøgseth
- EnglishtodayHogsett
A compound of heggr ‘bird cherry’ + setr ‘dwelling’
Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- ‘to keep, enclose’
Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm ‘enclosure’
Proto-Germanic *hagjō ‘hedge’
Proto-Germanic *hagja-
Old Norse heggr ‘bird cherry’
The story
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Høgseth, from Old Norse heggsetr, from heggr (‘bird cherry’) + setr (‘dwelling’). The first element might instead be haugr (‘hill mound’), which is found in the surname Haug.
Every English word from Old Norse heggsetr
Today it means
name A surname from Norwegian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse heggsetr / Hogsett