English

Winquist

Winquist comes from Swedish Winqvist.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of vin ‘vine’ + kvist ‘twig’

Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to twist’

Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō ‘wine’

Proto-Italic *wīnom ‘wine’

Latin vinum ‘wine’

Old Norse vín ‘wine’

Old Swedish vin

Swedish vin ‘vine’

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 Winqvist

name A surname from Swedish.

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