Etymology

Hegseth

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Today it means: A surname from Norwegian. Full definition →

Norwegian Hegseth ← Old Norse Heggsetr
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The story

  1. Old Norseheggr
  2. Old Norsesetr
  3. Old NorseHeggsetr
  4. NorwegianHegseth
  5. English todayHegseth

Borrowed from Norwegian Hegseth, from Old Norse Heggsetr, from heggr (“bird cherry tree”) + setr (“residence; pasture”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.