English
Rundquist
Rundquist comes from Swedish Rundqvist.
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attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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A compound of rund ‘round’ + kvist ‘twig’
Latin rotundus ‘round, circular’
Late Latin retundus ‘round’
Old French reont ‘round (in shape)’
Middle Low German runt
Swedish rund ‘round’
Proto-Indo-European *gwosdos ‘piece of wood’
Proto-Germanic *kwastuz ‘tuft’
Proto-Germanic *twistaz
Old Norse kvistr ‘twig, branch’
Swedish kvist ‘twig’
The story
Americanized form of Swedish Rundqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements rund (‘round’) and kvist (‘twig’).
Every English word from Swedish Rundqvist
Today it means
name A surname from Swedish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish Rundqvist / Rundquist