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Sorenson

Sorenson comes from Danish Sørensen, from Latin sevērus ‘serious, grave’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-‘to hold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séǵʰwr̥‘holding’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*seɣwēros‘severe’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsevērus‘serious, grave’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CESeverinus
  6. DanishmodernSøren
  7. Danish, derivedmodernSørensen
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2022Sorenson

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-‘to hold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séǵʰwr̥‘holding’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*seɣwēros‘severe’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsevērus‘serious, grave’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CESeverinus
  6. DanishmodernSøren
  7. Danish, derivedmodernSørensen
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2022Sorenson

Earliest quotation: 2022, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez: “A GoFundMe page was created by the family and…”

Formed from Søren + -son

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’

school, sketch, scholar, hector, hectic, epoch, scholastic, schema, shul, 22 more

through Proto-Italic *seɣwēros ‘severe’

persevere, 4 more

through Latin sevērus ‘serious, grave’

severe, severity, perseverance, 5 more

Today it means

name A surname from Danish, variant of Sorensen.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- / Sorenson

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