Porsgrunn
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pors + grunn, first part pors (“gale, bog-myrtle”), either from Old Norse pors, from Proto-Germanic *pursaz (“gale, bog-myrtle”), if not from Middle Low German pors. Last part grunn (“ground”) from Old Norse grund and grunnr, from Old Norse grunnr (“bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground, foundation”), from Pre-Germanic *gʰrm̥tús, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-.
The name of the city was first mentioned as Porsgrund by the writer Peder Claussøn Friis in his work Concerning the Kingdom of Norway, in 1576, this spelling was in use until 1931 when it was changed to Porsgrunn.
The name was probably given during medieval times to the then swampy area by the nuns of Gimsøy Abbey, who went here to collect the shrub.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Porsgrunn
- Porsgrunn (a municipality and city in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway)
Derived terms
[edit]- porsgrunning (“a person from Porsgrunn”)
References
[edit]- “Porsgrunn” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Porsgrunn
- A municipality and town with bystatus in Telemark, Norway
- Norwegian Bokmål compound terms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ʉn
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Municipalities of Norway
- nb:Cities in Norway
- nb:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Municipalities of Norway
- nn:Towns in Telemark
- nn:Towns in Norway
- nn:Places in Telemark
- nn:Places in Norway