The story
- Old Norse · derived fromhlað
- Swedish · derived fromLaxån“Laxån River”
- Swedish · borrowed fromLaxå
- English todayLaxå
Borrowed from Swedish Laxå, from Swedish Laxån (“Laxån River”), from lad + -s- + å (from Old Norse hlað and á). Literally, “Pile Creek”, referring to an artificial bank under an ancient bridge, which was a part of the Erik’s Road. False cognate of Norwegian Nynorsk Lakså.
Words from the same roots
Old Norsehlað all →
lathelait
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.