Where does “tromsøværing” come from?

tromsøværing (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål Tromsø, 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.

tromsøværing (Norwegian Bokmål): a person from Tromsø in Northern Norway

Definitions

  1. a person from Tromsø in Northern Norway

Ancestry of “tromsøværing”, step by step

tromsøværing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål Tromsø

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålTromsø—
2Old NorseTrums—
3Old Norsestraumra stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide
4Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
5Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
6Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
7Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Norwegian Bokmål væring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålværing—
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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