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Where does “Jórvík” come from?

Jórvík (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg.

Jórvík (Icelandic): York

Definitions

  1. York

Ancestry of “Jórvík”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseJórvík—
2Old EnglishEoforwīċYork
3LatinEborācum—
4Proto-Brythonic*Eβrọg—
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