Skien

== English == === Proper noun === Skien A town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse Skiða (“Skien”), perhaps originally the name of a river in the area, derived from the word skiða (“straight plank”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ʃeːn̩/ Rhymes: -eːn̩ Hyphenation: Ski‧en Homophone: skjeen === Proper noun === Skien Skien (a municipality and city in Vestfold og Telemark, Eastern Norway, Norway) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “Skien” in Store norske leksikon === Anagrams === kisen, kneis, knise, ksien, nikse, siken, sinke, skein, skien, sneik, snike == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Skida (Norwegianised form) Schieen, Scheen (obsolete, Germanised spellings) === Etymology === 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)”. 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 === IPA(key): /²ʂeː.ən/, [ˈʂêː.ə̌n], [ˈʃêː.ə̌n], (occasionally outside of Skien) /²ʂi.ən/ Hyphenation: Skì‧en === Proper noun === Skien Skien (a city and municipality of Grenland district, Telemark, Norway) ==== Derived terms ==== Skienselva skiensmann skienskvinne ==== Related terms ==== ski (“ski”) skie (“piece of split wood; plank”) === References ===