skans

Latvian

Noun

skans m (1st declension)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of skaņa

Declension

Swedish

Nässkansen in Botkyrka Municipality. A star-shaped sconce.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish skanz. Borrowed from Middle Low German schanse, schanze. First attested in 1506.[1]

Cognate with Danish skanse, Norwegian skanse, and English sconce.

Noun

skans c

  1. sconce

References

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