Where does “Skåne” come from?
Skåne (Swedish) comes from Old Norse Skáney, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.
Skåne (Swedish): southern tip of Sweden, Scania
Definitions
- southern tip of Sweden, Scania
Ancestry of “Skåne”, step by step
Words derived from “Skåne”