Etymograph

English

Ogren

Ogren comes from Swedish gren ‘branch’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *grainiz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*grainiz‘twig, branch, limb’reconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350grein‘branch (of a tree)’
  3. Swedishmoderngren‘branch’
  4. Swedish, derivedmodernÖgren
  5. EnglishtodayOgren

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*grainiz‘twig, branch, limb’reconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350grein‘branch (of a tree)’
  3. Swedishmoderngren‘branch’
  4. Swedish, derivedmodernÖgren
  5. EnglishtodayOgren

Linked words

through Old Norse grein ‘branch (of a tree)’

grain, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname from Swedish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *grainiz / Ogren

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