English

Landstrom

Landstrom comes from Swedish Landström.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of land ‘land’ + ström ‘stream, river’

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land, heath’

Proto-Germanic *landą ‘land, area of ground’

Old Norse land ‘land’

Old Swedish land ‘land’

Swedish land ‘land’

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 Landström

name A surname from Swedish.

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