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Relations between “Scandinavia” and scando “to climb, mount”

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NickTheodorov
 
Reply Wed 8 May, 2019 04:13 am
Could The english word "Scandinavia" somehow to be related with the Latin verb scando "to climb, mount"? "ina" could be the Latin female suffics by analogy with rex/regina and "ia" could be an ending (the same as in Ruthenia).
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Reply Wed 8 May, 2019 04:26 am
@NickTheodorov,
Google "Scandinavia etymology" and you find this.

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Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skaþinawjō ‎(“Scadia island”‎) (compare Old English Scedenig, Old Norse Skáney 'southern tip of Sweden'), from *-aujo 'island' (compare Old English ī(e)g 'island', Old Norse ey 'island').


https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scandinavia#Etymology
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