Troms og Finnmark
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Norwegian Troms og Finnmark.
Proper noun
editTroms og Finnmark (uncountable)
- (historical) A county of Norway
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editThe county consists of the two former counties Troms (“Troms”) and Finnmark (“Finnmark”), connected with og (“and”), from Old Norse ok (“and”), from earlier auk (“and”), from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also, too, furthermore”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”).
The name of Troms (“Troms”) comes from Old Norse Trums (“Tromsøya”), originally the name of an island, possibly from straumr (“stream, current, tide”), from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream, current, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, *strow-mo-s, from *srew- (“to flow, stream”), possibly from *ser- (“to flow”). Doublet of Tromsø.
The name of Finnmark (“Finnmark”) comes from Old Norse Finnmǫrk (“Finnmark”), first part from finn, finnar (“Sami person”). Last part mǫrk (“forest, woodland, borderland”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“border, boundary, area”), from Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit- Troms og Finnmark (a former county of Northern Norway, Norway)
References
edit- “Troms og Finnmark” in Store norske leksikon
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- en:Counties of Norway
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- nb:Historical political subdivisions
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