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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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
Latin
● 1189 Turstanus (nom) GASurv p. 106, Turstino (dat) ibid. p. 96, Turstinus (nom) ibid. p. 78
English
● 1577 Thurstan StAnthonlin p. 25
Estonia
Middle Low German
◑ 1592 Twyste Tiik1977 p. 288
France
Latin
● 1015 Turstingi (gen) NTDip-vol4 p. 225; 1180 Tustino (abl) RotScaNor p. 2
Old French
● 1313 Toutain Paris1313 p. 105
Scotland
Latin
● 1122 Thurstini (gen) ESC XLV, Thurstino (dat) ibid. XLIV, Turstini (gen) ibid. XLIII
Sweden
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.