The story
- Old Norse · derived fromhlíð“hillside”
- English todayLian
* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads with the name Li, from Old Norse hlíð (“hillside”). * As a Chinese surname, from 連 /连, 连, and 廉 (lián).
Words from the same roots
Old Norsehlíð all →
lith
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.