-lunda
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom the genitive plural of Old Swedish lund (“manner; state of mind”). Doublet of lynne (“mindset; mood”). Compare Icelandic lund (“temperament”) and Icelandic biðlund (“patience”). See also Danish -lunde.
Suffix
edit-lunda
- -wise; making an adverb
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- -lunda in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)