Skien

skien skiën English Proper noun en town/and/mun in co:suf/Telemark c/Norway. Norwegian Bokmål nb: thumb|250px|A view of the channel boats, Henrik Ibsen and Victoria, in the harbour of Skien, Norway. Etymology From nb non Skiða Skien, perhaps originally the name of a river in the area, derived from the word non skiða straight plank. Pronunciation nb /²ʃeːn̩/ nb nb-skien.ogg nb No-Skien.ogg nb eːn̩ nb Ski en nb skjeen Proper noun nb proper noun nb municipality/and/city co/Vestfold og Telemark r/Eastern Norway c/Norway Skien Derived terms nb Skienselva Skiensvassdraget skienenser skiensmann skienskvinne References “Skien” in Store norske leksikon Anagrams nb kisen kneis knise ksien nikse siken sinke skein skien sneik snike Norwegian Nynorsk nn: nn:+ kommune Alternative forms nn Skida Norwegianised form nn Schieen Scheen obsolete Germanised spellings Etymology Danicised form of a Norwegian nn Skida Skìda; from nn non Skiða, likely from a river name derived from non skíða piece of split wood; plank, which may refer to a straight river course. It can also come from a related strong verb (non *skíða < gem-pro *skīþaną) and mean the splitting (river).1971 Maal og minne Skien https://www.nb.no/items/29d85da2c5908ce599fc0257f0dab96e?page=123 116 This would also explain the short vowel, cf. non skriða f from non skríða. Whether the Old Norse form was Skiða or Skíða is unclear, but the modern pronunciation with /e/ suggests the first. Pronunciation nn /²ʂeː.ən/ [ˈʂêː.ə̌n] [ˈʃêː.ə̌n] occasionally outside of Skien /²ʂi.ən/ nn Skì en Proper noun nn proper noun nn city/and/municipality dist/Grenland co/Telemark c/Norway Skien Derived terms nn Skienselva nn skiensmann nn skienskvinne Related terms nn ski ski nn skie piece of split wood; plank References