noun
Meaning 1
The people of Trøndelag
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Thronds
Antonyms: none provided
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UK: /ˈθɹəʊ(ə)ndz/
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English Þrōwendas pl, from Proto-Germanic *þrōwōną (“to grow, prosper”) + *-ndz. Compare Proto-Norse *þrōwendīʀ pl, whence Old Norse þrǿndir, þrǿndr. Cognate with Norwegian trønder, Icelandic Þrændir and German Drönter.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: trønder — people of Trøndelag
- Danish: trønd — people of Trøndelag
- Faroese: trøndur — people of Trøndelag
- German: Drönter — people of Trøndelag
- Icelandic: Þrændir — people of Trøndelag
- Icelandic: Þrændur — people of Trøndelag
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trønder — people of Trøndelag
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trøndir — people of Trøndelag
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trønderar — people of Trøndelag
- Old English: Þrōwendas — people of Trøndelag
- Old Norse: þrǿndir — people of Trøndelag
- Old Norse: þrǿndr — people of Trøndelag
- Polish: mieszkańcy Trøndelag — people of Trøndelag
- Swedish: tronder — people of Trøndelag
- Swedish: trönder — people of Trøndelag