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Surka
Pronunciation: /ˈsɔr.ka/
“Surka” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its meaning in English:
proper noun
- A traditional name borne by several rivers and streams in Eastern Norway.
Etymology
An old Norwegian river name, usually connected with the reconstructed Germanic stems *swark- and *swork- (“to darken, become black”), related to svart (“black”); hence probably originally “the dark one”. A sound-symbolic origin, comparable to surkle (“to gurgle”), has also been proposed. Compare the related Norwegian river names Svarka, Sverka and Svorka. First attested in the Middle Ages…
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