The story
- Old Norse · derived fromnes“point”
- Old Norse · derived fromflói“gulf, marsh”
- Danish · borrowed fromFlensborg
- English todayFlensburg
From Danish Flensborg, from Old Norse flói (“gulf, marsh”) + Old Norse nes (“point”) + borg. See Flensborg.
Words from the same roots
Old Norsenes all →
Dungeness
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.