Tasta

Etymology
. Is seen attested through late medieval and early modern periods as (1343),  (1379),  (1563),  (1567),  (1610),, and  (1616). By 1915, the normal spelling was, although the suffixed does not seem to be etymologically correct. The oldest spellings, as also the pronunciation, suggest an. Etymologist Inge Særheim ponders a relation to and, referring to its southern lake Stokkavatnet, which would have been a fjord at the time, tearing into the landscape.