Røyken

Norwegian Nynorsk

proper noun

Definitions

(municipality in Buskerud). To be merged into Asker municipality together with Hurum on 1 January 2020.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse Raukvin, hraukr (pile, mountain, stack, lone high rock) + Old Norse vin (meadow, pasture)derived from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (heap, pile, stack).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hraukaz

Gloss

heap, pile, stack

Concept

Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

röykkiö Finnish
Bodø Norwegian Bokmål
Røyken Norwegian Bokmål
*hraukaz Proto-Germanic
*winjō Proto-Germanic
hreac Old English
hrycce Old English
Raukvin Old Norse
hraukr Old Norse
vin Old Norse
hraukur Icelandic
vin Icelandic
rauk Gutnish