Etymograph

English

Nylund

Nylund comes from Swedish Nylund.

  1. SwedishmodernNylund
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. SwedishmodernNylund
  2. Englishtodaysame form

A compound of ny ‘new’ + lund ‘grove’

Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’

Proto-Indo-European *néwos ‘new’

Proto-Germanic *niwjaz ‘new’

Old Norse nýr ‘new’

Swedish ny ‘new’

Old Norse lundr ‘grove, clump of trees’

Old Swedish lunder

Swedish lund ‘grove’

The story

This surname is mostly found in Finland.

Today it means

name A surname from Swedish.

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

Etymograph / Swedish Nylund / Nylund