Ystad

See also: ystad

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Yſtad (obsolete)

Etymology

From an Old Swedish compound whose second element is equivalent to modern stad (“city”); the first one may be a cognate of English yew, from Proto-Germanic *īwaz, *īhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈyːsta/

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Proper noun

Ystad n (genitive Ystads)

1. A town in Scania, southern Sweden.

Anagrams

• tydas