Surname
Vikestad
“place, stead”
Vikestad is a surname from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vikestad goes back to a word meaning “place, stead.”
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How it developed
From Old Norse Víkingsstaðir, built from Old Norse Víkingr + staðr (“place, stead”).
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Vikestad’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Vikestad as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Vikingstad.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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