Lovö i Mälaren

English: Lovö in Lake Mälaren

Författare

  • Svante Strandberg Department of Scandinavian Languages, Uppsala University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69489/nob.v111i.23362

Nyckelord:

island names, etymology, phonology, morphology, semantics, prehistoric topography

Abstract

Lovö (logø 1289, lofuø 1438) is the name of a parish in the province of Uppland. The parish took its name from the island of Lovön (Loghø 1357, lofføøn 1483) in Lake Mälaren. Lovö may contain an adjective stem Proto-Scandinavian *lauhuʒ- formed from Old Scandinavian *lō f. (< *lauhō). Supposed meanings of *lō are ʻmeadow by a watersideʼ and ʻglade, open placeʼ. Another possible starting-point when studying the place-name Lovö is Proto-Germanic *wlōh- in Norwegian and Swedish lo ʻnapʼ.

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Publicerad

2023-12-16

Referera så här

Strandberg, S. (2023). Lovö i Mälaren: English: Lovö in Lake Mälaren. Namn Och Bygd, 111, 61–68. https://doi.org/10.69489/nob.v111i.23362

Nummer

Vol 111 (2023)

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