Etymograph

English

Scania

Scania comes from Medieval Latin Scania, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Skadinawjōreconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350Skáney
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Scania
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Skadinawjōreconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350Skáney
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Scania
  4. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Medieval Latin Scania (attested since 950), from Old Norse Skáney, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō.

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *awjō ‘island’

island, ey, ait, 1 more

Today it means

name A former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō / Scania

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