Where does “Åmotsgruva” come from?
Åmotsgruva (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian åmot, from Norwegian Bokmål å, from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa — self (reflexive pronoun).
Åmotsgruva (Norwegian Nynorsk): between Urvatn Lake and Svorka River
Definitions
- between Urvatn Lake and Svorka River
Ancestry of “Åmotsgruva”, step by step
Åmotsgruva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian åmot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian | åmot | — |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | å | to; To express different emotions, oh; Used to... |
| 3 | Swedish | å | a river, a creek, a big stream; on |
| 4 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 7 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |
via Norwegian Nynorsk gruve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | gruve | a mine |