Totak

Inherited from Old Norse *Þotagr, likely from þot (“fizzing”) +‎ *agr (“lake”). According to Ørnulf Hodne, the first element derives from þjótr (“wind”), referring to a story about St. Olaf blessing this lake against storms.

• IPA^(key): /²tutak/

Totak m

1. a lake in Vinje, Telemark, Norway

• Bandak (< *Bandagr m)
• Tokke (< *Þotka f)
• tot (< þot)

• Jørn Sandnes, Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN