Holstad.
a farm in Ås, Akershus, Norway
Meaning & usage
a farm in Ås, Akershus, Norway
a farm in Fjaler, Vestland, Norway
a farm in Ringsaker, Innlandet, Norway
a surname from habitational, from Norwegian farm names
Where this word comes from
A Norwegian farm name and habitational surname. Several Norwegian farms bear the name, and the etymology varies by locality. The Holstad farms in Ås are from Old Norse Hávarðsstaðir, from the genitive singular of the male given name Hávarðr + staðir (“farmsteads, dwellings”), literally “Hávarðr’s farmsteads”. Other farms called Holstad or Hølstad may instead have a first element from a different personal name or from hóll (“hill”). The second element staðir is the plural of staðr (“place, stead”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place, stead”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare other Norwegian farm names in -stad.
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