Alvik
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See also: Alvík
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Alvik
- A town in Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden
- A town in Leksand, Dalarna, Sweden
- A suburb of Bromma borough, Stockholm, Sweden.
Swedish
Etymology
- (Norrbotten) First attested as Aarde(r)wik in 1486. Compound of årder (“ard, plough”) + vik (“inlet”).
- (Dalarna) First attested as Aluik in 1539. It's earlier form was possibly Old Swedish *Almovik, which would be a compound of *Alma (“Almoån, a local stream”) + vik (“inlet”). *Alma is likely related to dialectal Swedish alma sig (“to grow”), referring to how the stream would often 'grow' outside its banks.
- (Stockholm) First attested as Ahlwijken in 1720. Compound of al (“alder (tree)”) + vik (“inlet”).
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Proper noun
Alvik n (genitive Alviks)
- A town in Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden
- A town in Leksand, Dalarna, Sweden
- A suburb of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden