Where does “Tromsø” come from?

Tromsø (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse Trums, from Old Norse straumr, from Proto-Germanic straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European srowmos, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Ancestry of “Tromsø”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseTrums—
2Old Norsestraumra stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide
3Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
4Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
5Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “Tromsø”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srowmos →
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