English

Nystrom

Nystrom comes from Swedish Nystrom.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of ny ‘new’ + ström ‘stream’

Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’

Proto-Indo-European *néwos ‘new’

Proto-Germanic *niwjaz ‘new’

Old Norse nýr ‘new’

Swedish ny ‘new’

Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow’

Proto-Indo-European *srówmos

Proto-Germanic *straumaz ‘stream, current, river’

Old Norse straumr ‘a stream, a current, a race, a river’

Old Swedish strömber

Swedish ström ‘stream’

Every English word from Swedish Nystrom

name A surname from Swedish.

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