Ryssby

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Etymology[edit]

Compound of ryd (“clearing”) +‎ by (“farm; village”), where ryd has morphed into ryss over time.[1]

Earliest known form attested since 1306 as Medieval Latin Ryzby.[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Ryssby ? (genitive Ryssbys)

  1. A town in Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 262, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
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