Troms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse Trums f (“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.

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Proper noun

Troms

  1. A former county in Northern Norway

Descendants
  • Finnish: Tromssa
  • → Northern Sami: Romsa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • Trums (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Originally the name of what’s now called Tromsøya; from Old Norse Trums, possibly from Proto-Germanic *trumisō.[1] Also theorised to come from *Strums, from an ablaut form of straumr (“current, stream”). Cognate with Icelandic Trums.

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Proper noun

Troms f

  1. A county in Northern Norway

Derived terms
  • Tromsøya

Descendants

References
  1. Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN
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