English
Nyquist
Nyquist comes from Swedish Nyqvist.
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attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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A compound of ny ‘new’ + kvist ‘branch’
Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’
Proto-Indo-European *néwos ‘new’
Proto-Germanic *niwjaz ‘new’
Old Norse nýr ‘new’
Swedish ny ‘new’
Proto-Indo-European *gwosdos ‘piece of wood’
Proto-Germanic *kwastuz ‘tuft’
Proto-Germanic *twistaz
Old Norse kvistr ‘twig, branch’
Swedish kvist ‘branch’
Every English word from Swedish Nyqvist
Today it means
name A surname from Swedish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish Nyqvist / Nyquist