Мурманск

Russian

proper noun+

Definitions

Murmansk (city/administrative center in Murmansk)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse norðmaðr (Scandinavian, man from the North, man from Norway, Norseman).

Origin

Old Norse

norðmaðr

Gloss

Scandinavian, man from the North, man from Norway, Norseman

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

norrman Swedish
nordmann Norwegian Nynorsk
maðr Old Norse
norðmaðr Old Norse
norðr Old Norse
Norðmaður Icelandic
norðmaður Faroese