Gandvik

Norwegian Bokmål no:Gandvik thumb|The White Sea, traditionally identified with historical Gandvik. thumb|The hamlet of Gandvik in 1968. Etymology nb non Gandvík Gandvik. The Old Norse name is traditionally analysed as non gandr vík staff, magic staff; sorcery bay, inlet, and hence interpreted as “bay of magic” or “enchanted bay”. nb The deeper origin is uncertain. Many scholars instead regard non Gandvík as a folk-etymological adaptation of a Finnic place name, comparing Finnish fi Kantalahti, the name associated with the Kandalaksha Gulf. Under this interpretation, Finnish fi lahti bay, inlet was rendered as Old Norse non vík bay, inlet. nb gand vik magic, sorcery bay, inlet. The name was later transferred to the bay in Nesseby, and the adjacent hamlet is named after the bay. Compare nn Gandvik and is Gandvík. Pronunciation nb /²ˈɡanːˌʋiːk/ [ˈɡɑ̂nːˌʋiːk] nb iːk 2 nb Gand vik Proper noun nb proper noun nb historical White Sea; an old name traditionally used for the White Sea Gandvik; nb bay mun/Nesseby county/Finnmark c/Norway, on the southern side of the Varangerfjord Gandvik; nb hamlet mun/Nesseby county/Finnmark c/Norway, situated at the inner end of the bay of the same name Usage notes The medieval hydronym is conventionally identified with the White Sea, but its geographical extent was not necessarily fixed. It may have referred more broadly to the Arctic waters north and east of Norway, including parts of the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.Jackson, Tatjana N. (2023), “What is Gandvík? Some remarks on principles of translation and indexing”, Indo-European Linguistics and Classical Philology, volume 27, pages 345–353, 10.30842/ielcp230690152724. The hamlet's Northern Sami name is se Juvravuonna, and its Kven name is fkv Juuriperä.“Kunngjøring om kvenske stedsnavn i Nesseby kommune”, Unjárga gielda/Nesseby kommune, 10 October 2024. See also nb Bjarmeland Bjarmaland nb Kvitsjøen White Sea References gand gand “Gandvik” in Store norske leksikon. Koskela Vasaru, Mervi (2012), “Bjarmaland and Interaction in the North of Europe from the Viking Age until the Early Middle Ages”, Journal of Northern Studies, volume 6, number 2, pages 37–58, 10.36368/jns.v6i2.719. Further reading Category:White Sea