Tumba
See also: tumba, tumbá, tumbã, and tumbă
Swedish
Etymology
Named after a mill Tumbokvarn (Old Swedish Tumboqwern), a contraction meaning "Tumba's mill," from the obsolete farm Tuna + kvarn (“mill”). The former could be related to the Scandinavian name Tonna, a pet form of Old Norse Þórný, from the root of Þórr (“Thor”) + nýr (“new”).
Proper noun
Tumba n (genitive Tumbas)
- A town in central Sweden, south of Stockholm
References
Wahlberg Mats, red (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI). sid. 328