English
Naslund
Naslund comes from Swedish Näslund.
- SwedishmodernNäslund
- EnglishtodayNaslund
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- SwedishmodernNäslund
- EnglishtodayNaslund
A compound of näs ‘spit of land, isthmus’ + lund ‘grove’
Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s ‘nose’
Proto-Germanic *nasō ‘nose’
Proto-Germanic *nasją ‘foothill’
Swedish näs ‘spit of land, isthmus’
Old Norse lundr ‘grove, clump of trees’
Old Swedish lunder
Swedish lund ‘grove’
Every English word from Swedish Näslund
Today it means
name A surname from Swedish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish Näslund / Naslund