Åsa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, ǫ́ss (“god”). Cognate with Icelandic and Faroese Ása, Swedish Åsa and Danish Åse.
Proper noun
[edit]Åsa f (definite Åsa)
- a female given name from Old Norse
Related terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, óss (“god”). First recorded as a (revived) given name in Sweden in 1888. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Aase, Åse and Norwegian Åsa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Åsa c (genitive Åsas)
- a female given name
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 37 515 females with the given name Åsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names