Talk:Nór

The etymology of Norway

The origin of this toponym is usually given as "The northern route/passage" or "The way [to the] north". //Big Adamsky 19:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

To me this seems like lingofactionalism, trying to make the Nynorsk Noreg (closer to Norveg, 'North Way') 'less accurate' than Bokmål Norge (apparently 'Nórs rige'). It looks blatant even to me, and I'm pro-bokmål. --Joffeloff 19:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

How can it be linguofactionalism. "Norge" and "Noreg" have just as much in common with "Noregr", if you know the way the languages have changed; if anything, the 'nynorsk' variant is more similar. Or what?--Alexlykke (talk) 00:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I´ll add that making Norway derive from a mytical founding father (like the Nór in Flateyjarbók) is like deriving Britain from Brutus or making an Áss come from Asia like Snorri did. I won´t take that as reliable... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.213.28.191 (talk) 02:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC) Yes, Norway most certainly means "The way to the north", no arguments there. Anything else would be the result of false etymology.--Alexlykke (talk) 09:24, 26 November 2008 (UTC)