Bitihorn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Bitihødn (dialectal)

Etymology

The last part is horn (“horn”) (an ending used for several Norwegian mountain names, compare German Matterhorn; from a certain angle, a part of the mountain can remind a horn). The first part is probably related to verb bita (“to bite”).

Proper noun

Bitihorn n

1. A mountain in Norway, on the border between Vang and Øystre Slidre, close to Beitostølen

References

• Jørn Sandnes, Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN