Etymograph

English

Onstad

Onstad comes from Norwegian Onstad.

  1. NorwegianmodernOnstad
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. NorwegianmodernOnstad
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from Norwegian Onstad, named after several farmsteads in Norway, many of which were prefixed with Old Norse names followed by staðr (‘farmstead’); for example, Augunarstaðir (‘Auðun's farm’), from auðr (‘wealth’) + un (‘friend’) (see vinr) + staðr.

Every English word from Norwegian Onstad

Today it means

name A surname from Norwegian.

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

Etymograph / Norwegian Onstad / Onstad

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