Tumba

See also: tumba, tumbá, tumbã, and tumbă

Swedish

Etymology

Named after a mill Tumbokvarn (Old Swedish Tumboqwern), a contraction meaning "Tumba's mill," from the obsolete farm Tuna + kvarn (“mill”). The former could be related to the Scandinavian name Tonna, a pet form of Old Norse Þórný, from the root of Þórr (“Thor”) + nýr (“new”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Tumba n (genitive Tumbas)

1. A town in central Sweden, south of Stockholm

References

Wahlberg Mats, red (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI). sid. 328