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Jämtland

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Borrowed from Swedish Jämtland.

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Jämtland

  1. A province and county in central Sweden.

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Etymology edit

Old Norse Jamtaland, from the name of the inhabitants, the Jämtar, from jamti, from Proto-Germanic *emat- (“industrious, strong”), which could ultimately be related to German emsig (“industrious”).[1]

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Jämtland n (genitive Jämtlands)

  1. A province and county in central Sweden

References edit

  1. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922). Svensk etymologisk ordbok (Första upplagan). Lund: Gleerups förlag. p. 285
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