The etymology for the names Scandinavia and Skåne (Scania) is consi dered to be the same.
The name is most probably derived from the Germanic *Skaðin- meaning "danger" (cf. English scathing and unscathed, and German Schade and beschädigen) and *awjo meaning "island". It may have referred to the dangerous banks around Skanör (skan- is the same as in Scandinavia, and -ör means "sandbanks") and Falsterbo in Skåne in southernmost Sweden.
Alternatively, the first element is sometimes attributed to the Scandinavian giantess Skaði from Norse mythology.
The original form is consi dered to be *Skaðinawjo, which gave rise to different forms in Germanic languages and by non-Germanic scribes. In Beowulf we meet the forms Scedenigge and Scedeland. Ptolemy uses the form Scandia, and Scatinavia appears in Roman texts, e.g. Pliny the Elder, whereas Pomponius Mela used the deviant form Codanovia. The form Scadinavia, the original home of the Langobards, appears in Paulus Diaconus' Historia Langobardorum[3], but in other versions of Historia Langobardorum appear the forms Scadan, Scandanan, Scadanan and Scatenauge[4]. In Jordanes' history of the Goths (AD 551) we meet the form Scandza their original home, separated by sea from the land of Europe (chapter 1, 4)[5].
The name of the Scandinavian mountain range, Skanderna in Swedish, was artificially derived from Skandinavien in the 19th century, in analogy with Alperna for the Alps. The commonly used names are bergen or fjällen; both names meaning "the mountains".a
عزيزتي النص المنقول أعلاه يشرح بالتفصيل سبب التسمية بالدول الاسكندنافية، وهو يختصر بالاحتمالين التاليين:
1- كلمة جرمانية الأصل تعني الجزر أو الضفاف الخطرة، وهذا يرجع إلى الملاحة وخطورة الملاحة بسبب الصخور حول الضفاف والشواطيء.
2- اسم احدى العملاقات في الأساطير القديمة في المنطقة.
أرجو ان يكون النص قد أفادك
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