Etymograph

English

Soderman

Soderman comes from Swedish Söderman.

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  2. EnglishtodaySoderman

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

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A compound of söder ‘south’ + man ‘man’

Old Swedish syþre

Old Norse suðr ‘south’

gmq-osw-lat sø̄der

Swedish söder ‘south’

Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‘man’

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human, human being, person, individual’

Old Norse maðr ‘human, man, person’

Old Swedish maþer ‘man’

Swedish man ‘man’

Today it means

name A surname from Swedish.

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

Etymograph / Swedish Söderman / Soderman