Bitdal
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Etymology edit
From the river name Bitu, from Old Norse *Bíta (“a biting creek, a very cold creek”), related to bita (“to bite”). The other part is dal (“valley”). The modern pronunciation with /d/ in the first part is an assimilation with the following consonant, cf. the nearby Heddal < Old Norse Heitradalr. Meanwhile, the assimilation in the local dialect went the other way.
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Proper noun edit
Bitdal m (definite Bitdalen)