English

Sandquist

Sandquist comes from Swedish Sandqvist.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of sand ‘sand’ + kvist ‘twig’

Proto-Germanic *samdaz ‘sand’

Old Norse sandr ‘sand’

Old Swedish sander

Swedish sand ‘sand’

Proto-Indo-European *gwosdos ‘piece of wood’

Proto-Germanic *kwastuz ‘tuft’

Proto-Germanic *twistaz

Old Norse kvistr ‘twig, branch’

Swedish kvist ‘twig’

Every English word from Swedish Sandqvist

name A surname from Swedish.

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