Lovö i Mälaren: English: Lovö in Lake Mälaren: English: Lovö in Lake Mälaren

Strandberg, Svante

doi:10.69489/nob.v111i.23362

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Namn och bygd 2023 – Tidskrift för nordisk namnforskning

Publisher Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur

Series Namn och bygd, 111

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Published 2024
Issn 0077-2704
Namn och bygd, 111
Type Paperback
205 pages
Swedish

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Lovö i Mälaren: English: Lovö in Lake Mälaren - English: Lovö in Lake Mälaren

Strandberg, Svante

Source system: Publicera | Published 2023-12-16 | Pages 61–68

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.

Keywords

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