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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

  1. southern tip of Sweden, Scania

Ancestry of “Skåne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseSkáney—
2Proto-Germanic*Skadinawjō—
3Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
4Proto-Germanicagwjō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

Words derived from “Skåne”

  • Skåne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →