Skien

From Old Norse Skiða (“Skien”), perhaps originally the name of a river in the area, derived from the word skiða (“straight plank”).

• IPA^(key): /²ʃeːn̩/

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• Rhymes: -eːn̩
• Hyphenation: Ski‧en
• Homophone: skjeen

Skien

1. Skien (a municipality and city in Vestfold og Telemark, Eastern Norway, Norway)

• “Skien” in Store norske leksikon

• kisen, kneis, knise, ksien, nikse, siken, sinke, skein, skien, sneik, snike

• Skida (Norwegianised form)
• Schieen, Scheen (obsolete, Germanised spellings)

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)”.[1] 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.

• IPA^(key): /²ʂeː.ən/, [ˈʂêː.ə̌n], [ˈʃêː.ə̌n], (occasionally outside of Skien) /²ʂi.ən/
• Hyphenation: Skì‧en

Skien

1. Skien (a city and municipality of Grenland district, Telemark, Norway)

• Skienselva
• skiensmann
• skienskvinne

• ski (“ski”)
• skie (“piece of split wood; plank”)