Etymology

Ytterby

Y4T1T1E1R1B3Y4

Today it means: A village and its former mine on the island of Resarö in Sweden. Full definition →

Swedish Ytterby ← Old Swedish bȳr ← Old Norse býr
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Old Norseút
  4. Old Norseýtri
  5. Swedishyttre
  6. Swedishytter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  8. Proto-Germanic*būaną
  9. Old Norsebúa
  10. Old Norsebýr
  11. Old Swedishbȳr
  12. Swedishby
  13. SwedishYtterby
  14. English todayYtterby

Borrowed from Swedish Ytterby. Doublet of Utterby.

Words from the same roots

SwedishYtterby all →

erbium

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