English

Wahlquist

Wahlquist comes from Swedish Wahlqvist.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of vall ‘pasture’ + kvist ‘twig’

Proto-Indo-European *wel- ‘to see, perceive’

Proto-Germanic *walþuz ‘forest’

Old Norse vǫllr ‘field, flat ground, meadow’

Swedish vall ‘pasture’

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 Wahlqvist

name A surname from Swedish.

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