Editing Dovre (section)

===Name===
[[File:Dovre-Oppdal-Lesja storskrymten 1985m IMG 9050.JPG|thumb|left|Dovrefjell mountains]]
[[File:Eysteinskirka.jpg|thumb|left|Eystein Church (''Eysteinskirka'') in Dovre]]
[[File:Dovre kyrkje.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dovre Church]]]]
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Dovre (village)|Dovre]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Dofrar}}) since the first [[Dovre Church]] was built there. The name belongs to a group of Scandinavian toponyms that the Swedish linguist [[Elof Hellquist]] has derived from a [[Proto-Norse language|Proto-Norse]] {{lang|mis|*đuƀra-}}, and linguists have further derived them from the old [[Proto-Indo-European root]] {{PIE|*''d<sup>h</sup>ub''-/''d<sup>h</sup>up''}} - (cf. PIE {{PIE|*''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰubʰrós|d<sup>h</sup>ubrós]]''}}, "deep"<ref name="ringe62">{{Cite book |last=Ringe |first=Don |title=A Linguistic History of English |publisher=Oxford |year=2006 |isbn=9780199284139 |volume=I |page=62 |chapter=Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic}}</ref>), a root that is also attested in German ''Topel'' ("forested valley") and Old Slavic ''dublŭ'' ("hole"). There are several place names in Denmark, Norway and Sweden that are identified as related to ''Dovre'':<ref name="brevner">{{Cite book |last=Brevner |first=Erik |title=Skrifter utgivna av Kungliga Gustav Adolfsakademien för folklivsforskning, 9 |publisher=Uppsala |year=1942 |pages=81–86 |chapter=Sydöstra Närkes Sjönamn}}</ref>
;Denmark
*''Døvregaarde'' in the narrow valley ''Døvredal'', in [[St. Bodil's Church|Bodilsker parish]] on [[Bornholm]].<ref name="brevner" />
*''Dover'' a place with steep slopes in Lintrup parish in [[Haderslev]] amt.<ref name="brevner" />
*''Dovergaard'' located among deeply cut banks of a small stream, in Skipdsted parish near [[Aalborg]].<ref name="brevner" />
*''Dover vestergaard'', an old farm name, and the bay ''Doverkil'', with hilly terrain, in Ydby parish, near [[Thisted]].<ref name="brevner" />
*''Dover sogn'' a parish in Hjelmslev hundred in Århus amt. It has a hilly terrain with steep slopes.<ref name="brevner" />

;Norway
*''Dovre herred''. ON ''Dofrar'' was originally the name of an old farm and it later became the name for the entire hundred.<ref name="brevner" />
*''Dofrar'' was the name of a lost farm in Biri hundred, but it survives in the name of a local meadow ''Dåvreænga''.<ref name="brevner" />
*''Døvre'', where the name is derived from ''dofrar'' and ''vin'' ("meadow").<ref name="brevner" />

;Sweden
*''Dovra sjöar'' ("lakes of Dovra"), which are three lakes (Northern/Upper, Middle, and Southern) in a [[Joint valley landscape|fissure valley]] in [[Närke]].<ref name="brevner" />
*''Ödesdovra'', a farm located at the southernmost extension of the valley.<ref name="brevner" />
*''Dovern'', a long and narrow inlet of the lake [[Glan (lake)|Glan]] in [[Östergötland]], and there is a strait named ''Doversund'' and a farm named ''Doverstorp''.<ref name="brevner" />

The name has also been given to giants in Scandinavian legends. The name has been given to the giant ''Dofri'', at [[Dovrefjell]], who was helped by [[Harald Fairhair]] and in return assisted him all his life.<ref name="davidson117f">{{Cite book |last=Ellis Davidson |first=H.R. |title=Scandinavian Mythology |publisher=The Hamlin Publishing Group |year=1969 |isbn=9780600342809 |location=London |page=117f}}</ref> In [[Närke]], the Dovra lakes were attributed to the giantess ''Dovra'' who wept for her husband.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tourist information |url=https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/orebro/besoksmal/naturreservat/dovrasjodalen.html |access-date=2021-09-05 |publisher=Örebro County}}</ref>