Thorsten
m.
Old Norse Þórr, the name of the god of thunder, deriving from Proto-Germanic *þunraz 'thunder' + Old Norse steinn 'stone', from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Turstanus (nom) GASurv p. 106,
Turstino (dat) ibid. p. 96,
Turstinus (nom) ibid. p. 78
- English
- ● 1577 Thurstan StAnthonlin p. 25
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1592 Twyste Tiik1977 p. 288
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1015 Turstingi (gen) NTDip-vol4 p. 225;
1180 Tustino (abl) RotScaNor p. 2
- Old French
- ● 1313 Toutain Paris1313 p. 105
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1122 Thurstini (gen) ESC XLV,
Thurstino (dat) ibid. XLIV,
Turstini (gen) ibid. XLIII
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Thorstanus SRA-vol2 no. 1932,
Thorsten ibid. no. 1945
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Thorsten". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Thorsten.