Where does “Vestlandet” come from?
Vestlandet (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk vest, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
Vestlandet (Norwegian Nynorsk): Western Norway, an area comprising four counties - Hordaland, Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland, and Sogn og Fjordane
Definitions
- Western Norway, an area comprising four counties - Hordaland, Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland, and Sogn og Fjordane
Ancestry of “Vestlandet”, step by step
Vestlandet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.