Etymology

Seaborg

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

Swedish Sjöberg ← Old Norse berg, bjarg ← Proto-Germanic *bergaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seykʷ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sīhwaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*saiwiz
  4. Old Norsesær
  5. Old Swedishsiœr
  6. Swedishsjö
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰos
  9. Proto-Germanic*bergaz
  10. Old Norseberg, bjarg
  11. Swedishberg
  12. SwedishSjöberg
  13. English todaySeaborg

Anglicised form of Swedish Sjöberg.

Words from the same roots

SwedishSjöberg all →

Sjoberg

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.