Tasta
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Tasta
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Is seen attested through late medieval and early modern periods as a Tostum (1343), a œfrom Tostom (1379), Thaste (1563), Taste (1567), Thasta (1610), Taste, and Thastadt (1616).[1] By 1915, the normal spelling was Tastad, although the suffixed stad (“place”) does not seem to be etymologically correct.[1] The oldest spellings, as also the pronunciation, suggest an Old Norse *Tastar.[2] Etymologist Inge Særheim ponders a relation to tasa (“to ravel”) and tase m (“rag, tear”), referring to its southern lake Stokkavatnet, which would have been a fjord at the time, tearing into the landscape.[2]
Proper noun[edit]
Tasta
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oluf Rygh (1915) “Tastad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Danish), volume 10, page 201
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Inge Særheim (2007) “Tasta”, in Stadnamn i Rogaland [Place Names in Rogaland] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Fagbokforlaget, page 231