Svorka

svorka Norwegian Bokmål Svorka no Etymology An old Norwegian river name, usually connected with the reconstructed Germanic roots gem-pro *swark- and gem-pro *swork- to darken, become black, related to nb svart black; hence probably originally “the dark one”. A sound-symbolic origin, referring to the sound of flowing water, has also been proposed. Compare the related Norwegian river names nb Surka, nb Sørka, nb Svarka and nb Sverka. 1432–1433 indirectly in the compound place name Surkomor, now nb Svorkmo. Pronunciation nb /ˈsʋɔr.ka/ nb ɔrka 2 nb Svor ka Proper noun nb proper noun nb river in s/Trøndelag c/Norway, flowing through Rennebu and Orkland and entering the Orkla at nb Svorkmo nb river in municipality/Surnadal s/Møre og Romsdal c/Norway, a tributary of the Bøvra Derived terms nb Svorkmo village in Orkland nb Svorksjøen lake in Trøndelag References “Svorka” in Norsk stadnamnleksikon. “Svorka” in Store norske leksikon. Rygh, Oluf (1898), Norske Gaardnavne, volume 2, page 127. “Svorka kraftverk” in Store norske leksikon. Norwegian Nynorsk Etymology nn. The a-ending is from nn non á. Proper noun nn proper noun nn river co/Trøndelag c/Norway. Its middle part is sometimes called Trivja (its right tributary). The upper and lower parts, however, are called Svorka. Derived terms nn Svorkmo