Troms og Finnmark
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
The 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 edit
Proper noun edit
- Troms og Finnmark (a county of Northern Norway, Norway)
References edit
- “Troms og Finnmark” in Store norske leksikon