English

Ostberg

Ostberg comes from Swedish Östberg.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of öst ‘east’ + berg ‘mountain’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn, become light’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér ‘in the direction of dawn, east’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros ‘in the direction of dawn, east’

Proto-Germanic *austraz ‘east, eastern’

Proto-Germanic *austrą ‘east’

Old Norse austr ‘east’

Swedish öst ‘east’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise up, ascend’

Proto-Germanic *bergaz ‘hill, mountain’

Old Norse bjarg

Swedish berg ‘mountain’

Every English word from Swedish Östberg

name A surname from Swedish.

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