Where does “Orkedalsøren” come from?

Orkedalsøren (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse eyrr, from Proto-Germanic aurī, from Proto-Germanic auraz, from Proto-Indo-European Huh₁-ró-s, from Proto-Indo-European -rós — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

Orkedalsøren (Norwegian Bokmål): The former name of Orkanger, a town in Orkland municipality, Trøndelag, Norway

Definitions

  1. The former name of Orkanger, a town in Orkland municipality, Trøndelag, Norway

Ancestry of “Orkedalsøren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseeyrra gravel bank
2Proto-Germanicaurīa river bank, or sandbank at the river’s mouth
3Proto-Germanicaurazwet sand or earth, mud; liquid, water, sea
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHuh₁-ró-s—
5Proto-Indo-European-rósForms adjectives from Caland system roots
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