Troms

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Trums f (Tromsøya), originally the name of an island, possibly from straumr (stream, current, tide). Doublet of Tromsø.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Troms

  1. A former county in Northern Norway

Descendants[edit]

  • Finnish: Tromssa
  • Northern Sami: Romsa

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Alternative forms[edit]

  • Trums (alternative spelling)

Etymology[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Troms f

  1. A county in Northern Norway

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

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