Jórvík
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Jórvík f
- York (a city and unitary authority in North Yorkshire, England)
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Folk-etymological adaptation, based on jór (“stallion”), of Old English Eoforwīċ, itself an alteration of Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg by false association with eofor (“boar”) (from Proto-Germanic *eburaz) and wīċ (“settlement”). Compare Latin Eborācum.
Proper noun
[edit]Jórvík f
- York (a city in modern North Yorkshire, England)
Descendants
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Cities in North Yorkshire, England
- is:Cities in England
- is:Districts of North Yorkshire, England
- is:Districts of England
- is:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- is:Places in England
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Old Norse terms derived from Latin
- Old Norse terms derived from Old English
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse proper nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- non:Cities in North Yorkshire, England
- non:Cities in England
- non:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- non:Places in England