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Where does the word "bluetooth" come from? It comes from Old Norse Blátǫnn, and was adopted directly into English (1990s).
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Where does the word "bluetooth" come from? It comes from Old Norse Blátǫnn, and was adopted directly into English (1990s).
Bluetooth’s story begins in Old Norse: Blátǫnn meant “Harald Bluetooth.” The nickname of Harald Gormsson, king of Denmark in the 900s, who united the Danes and later ruled Norway; 'blue tooth', perhaps for a dead dark tooth. It reached English by 1990s as Bluetooth. Jim Kardach of Intel proposed it as a code name in 1997, since the king united peoples as the technology would unite devices; its logo joins the runes for H and B. Today, bluetooth means a short-range wireless technology for connecting devices.
- Stage 1 · Old Norse · 900s Blátǫnn "Harald Bluetooth", the nickname of Harald Gormsson, king of Denmark in the 900s, who united the Danes and later ruled Norway; 'blue tooth', perhaps for a dead dark tooth.
- Stage 2 · English · 1990s Bluetooth "wireless technology", Jim Kardach of Intel proposed it as a code name in 1997, since the king united peoples as the technology would unite devices; its logo joins the runes for H and B.