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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

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