English
Malmberg
Malmberg comes from Swedish Malmberg.
- SwedishmodernMalmberg
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- SwedishmodernMalmberg
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of malm ‘ore’ + berg ‘mountain’
Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘to grind’
Proto-Germanic *malmaz ‘sand’
Old Norse malmr ‘ore, metal’
Swedish malm ‘ore’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise up, ascend’
Proto-Germanic *bergaz ‘hill, mountain’
Old Norse bjarg
Swedish berg ‘mountain’
Every English word from Swedish Malmberg
Today it means
name A surname from Swedish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish Malmberg / Malmberg