FromNorwegianFinnmark, fromFinn(“Finn”) +mark(“land”).
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Finnmark (pluralFinnmarks)
FromOld NorseFinnmǫrk(“Finnmark”), first part fromfinn,finnar(“Sami person”). Last partmǫrk(“forest, woodland, borderland”), fromProto-Germanic*markō(“border, boundary, area”), fromProto-Indo-European*morǵ-(“edge, boundary, border”).
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Finnmark
FromOld NorseFinnmǫrk(“land of the Sami”), fromfinnr,fiðr(“Sami”) +mǫrk(“woodland, forest”). First part fromProto-Germanic*fenþnōz pl(“nomadic people”) or*finnaz.
Not to be confused withFinnemarka, which is a newer name made fromfinne(“Finn”), a Swedish borrowing.
Finnmark f (definiteFinnmarka)
