Surname
Holstad
“place, stead”
Holstad is a surname from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Holstad goes back to Proto-Germanic *stadiz, meaning “place, stead.”
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Where it comes from
Holstad comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Hávarðsstaðir, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place, stead”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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