Editing Skjåk (section)

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Skjåk'' farm ({{langx|non|Skeiðakr}}) since the first [[Skjåk Church]] was built there. The first element comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|skeið}} which means "a running track for [[horse racing]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|akr}} which means "[[field (agriculture)|field]]" or "[[acre]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DohBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt |date=1900 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=4 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=30 & 33 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Prior to 1889, the name was written "Skiaker", then from 1889 to 1910 it was spelled "Skiaaker". On 4 June 1910, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Skjaak'', to give the name a more [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] and less [[Danish language|Danish]] spelling due to [[Norwegian language conflict|Norwegian language reforms]].<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1910 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1910. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381016_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=201}}</ref> On 21 December 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] enacted the [[Norwegian language conflict|1917 Norwegian language reforms]]. Prior to this change, the name was spelled with the [[digraph (orthography)|digraph]] "[[Aa (digraph)|aa]]", and after this reform, the letter [[å]] was used instead (''Skjåk'').<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=1000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.nb.no/items/7c810cb2510e5454433266c698b8808e |title=Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister |publisher=Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri |year=1918 |location=Kristiania, Norge |language=no}}</ref>