scían

== Old Irish == === Etymology === Originally disyllabic scïan. From Proto-Celtic *skiyenā, from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut”). According to some it is borrowed from Latin s(a)cēna (“sacrificial axe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsʲkʲiːa̯n/ === Noun === scían f knife ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: scian Irish: scian Manx: skynn Scottish Gaelic: sgian → Middle English: skene, sceyneEnglish: skean, skene, skeyn → Old Welsh: *scien Middle Welsh: ysgien Welsh: ysgien === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language