Skien
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Skiða (“Skien”), perhaps originally the name of a river in the area, derived from the word skiða (“straight plank”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Skien
- Skien (a municipality and city in Vestfold og Telemark, Eastern Norway, Norway)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “Skien” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Danicised form of a Norwegian Skìda; from Old Norse Skiða, likely from a river name derived from skíða (“piece of split wood; plank”), which may refer to a straight river course. It can also come from a related strong verb (*skíða < *skīþaną) and mean “the splitting (river)”.[1] This would also explain the short vowel, cf. skriða f from skríða. Whether the Old Norse form was Skiða or Skíða is unclear, but the modern pronunciation with /e/ suggests the first.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /²ʂeː.ən/, [ˈʂêː.ə̌n], [ˈʃêː.ə̌n], (occasionally outside of Skien) /²ʂi.ən/
- Hyphenation: Skì‧en
Proper noun edit
Skien
- Skien (a city and municipality of Grenland district, Telemark, Norway)