Etymology

Vyborg

V4Y4B3O1R1G2

Today it means: A city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. In earlier times was part of Finland and Sweden, pop. 79,224 (as of 2002). Full definition →

Russian Выборг ← Swedish Viborg ← Old Norse vé
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The story

  1. Old Swedish · derived fromborgh
  2. Old Norse · derived fromvé
  3. Swedish · derived fromViborg
  4. Russian · derived fromВыборг
  5. English todayVyborg

From Russian Выборг (Vyborg) from Swedish Viborg, from vi (“sanctuary, sacred area”) + borg (“fortress, castle; city”), from Old Norse vé + borg via Old Swedish borgh. Doublet of Viborg.

Words from the same roots

SwedishViborg all →

Viborg

Old Norsevé all →

ViborgVé

Old Swedishborgh all →

Viborg

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.