Vittaryd

Swedish

Alternative forms

Obsolete: Hwitarör, Hvitarydh

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish Hwitaridh. Debated origin. By surface analysis, vitta +‎ ryd.

First half may be derived from Old Swedish Hvite (“a male name”). It may also be derived from Old Swedish hviter (“white”) of unkown reason.[1]
Second half might be ryd (“clearing”). It may also come from rör (“cairn”), if so it might refer to the Vittaryd labyrinth.[1]

Proper noun

Vittaryd ? (genitive Vittaryds)

A village and parish of Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.

References

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 362, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

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