Eken

== Swedish == === Etymology === From the peddler cant månsing word Storhäcken or Stockhäcken, which was later clipped to häcken and modified to eken through the traditional Stockholm merger of /ɛ/ > /e/. === Proper noun === Eken c (genitive Ekens) (slang) nickname for Stockholm: the capital and largest city of Sweden ==== Derived terms ==== ekenskis ekenssnack === References === Kotsinas, Ulla-Britt (2000), “Från ekenssnack till rinkebyska”, in Att förstå det mänskliga, Stockholm : Natur och kultur, 2000, 167-191 : ill.