English

Thornquist

Thornquist comes from Swedish Thörnqvist.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of torn ‘thorn’ + kvist ‘twig’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- ‘stiff’

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós ‘sharp, stiff’

Proto-Germanic *þurnaz ‘thorn, briar’

Old Norse þorn ‘thorn (= þyrnir m)’

Old Swedish þorn

Swedish torn ‘thorn’

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 Thörnqvist

name A surname from Swedish.

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