Agunnaryd

Swedish Etymology sv gmq-osw Agundaryd. Of sv 1 origin, as there was no village with this name prior the church. The naming order is therefore assumed to be lake → farm → church → village: Assumed to ultimately be sv gmq-osw *Agunde 1, which was the nearby lake, a gmq-osw agg *unde backwards lake 1, aproximatetly meaning the recalcitrant lake. Then from the farm of sv ryd Ryd forest clearing, which was further specified with the name of the local lake; analogous to Agunderyd. Then the newly built parish church, standing alone in the countryside, was named after the nearby farm. Then finally given to the village that grew around the church. 1330s as gmq-osw Agundaryd.Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Christoffre-Agunnaryd.wav Kronoberg Proper noun sv parish/and/village mun:suf/Ljungby co:suf/Kronoberg c/Sweden Derived terms sv Agunnarydsjön sv IKEA References