Sjælland
Danish
editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibly from Old Norse Selund, a compound from selr (“seal”) + the suffix -und (“suffix for placenames”), thus meaning place with seals. The later name was Sjóland, which changed the meaning to "sea-land;" see sær (“sea”).[1] More at Zealand.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSjælland n
References
edit- ^ Katlev, Jan (4 August 2009). "Sjælland …". Danish Language Museum.
Further reading
edit- Sjælland on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Slovak
editEtymology
editNoun
editSjælland m inan
Declension
editDeclension of Sjælland
singulare tantum | |
---|---|
nominative | Sjælland |
genitive | Sjællandu |
dative | Sjællandu |
accusative | Sjælland |
locative | Sjællande |
instrumental | Sjællandom |
Categories:
- Danish terms with unknown etymologies
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish neuter nouns
- da:Islands
- da:Places in Denmark
- Slovak terms derived from Danish
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak terms spelled with Æ
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak inanimate nouns
- sk:Denmark
- sk:Islands