-lunda
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- -lunda in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)