The story
- Swedish · borrowed fromWalberg
- Old Norse · derived fromvalr“falcon”
- Norwegian · borrowed fromWålberg
- German · borrowed fromWalberg
- English todayWalberg
Various origins: * Borrowed from German Walberg, a variant of either Wallberg or Wahlberg. * Borrowed from Norwegian Wålberg, a habitational surname from Old Norse valr (“falcon”) or hváll (“dome-shaped hill”) + berg (“mountain”). * Borrowed from Swedish Walberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements vall (“grassy field, pasture”) and berg (“mountain”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norsevalr all →
valknut
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.