English

Lofquist

Lofquist comes from Swedish Löfqvist.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of löf ‘leaf’ + kvist ‘twig’

Proto-Indo-European *gwosdos ‘piece of wood’

Proto-Germanic *kwastuz ‘tuft’

Proto-Germanic *twistaz

Old Norse kvistr ‘twig, branch’

Swedish kvist ‘twig’

Every English word from Swedish Löfqvist

name A surname from Swedish.

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