Haverdal

Swedish Etymology sv da Haffredall, originally sv gmq-oda Hawærydh 1. The original being a da have ryd pasture clearing 1 1.SvOrtLex Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 121, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages Then shortened to "Haverda", via the parish dialect to "Haverd", plus the added plural suffix sv -a (For unkown reason many place-names are in plural form, despite often referring to a single feature.Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 10, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages).SvOrtLex "Haverda" was then, via folk etymology, transformed to its contemporary form "Haverdal"; where da dal means "dale" or "valley".SvOrtLex The original form gmq-oda Hawærydh is 1466 1.SvOrtLex The da dal dale form is attested since 1603 as da Haffredall.SvOrtLex Proper noun n sv town district:suf/Harplinge mun:suf/Halmstad co:suf/Halland c/Sweden References