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Hunsrik
/ʃeːn/
adjective
Definitions
- beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome
- good, great, splendid
- nice, pleasant
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German schœne inherited from Old High German scōni (good, lovely, pleasant, pure, brilliant, nice, handsome) inherited from *skaunī (beautiful, fine) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (beautiful, shining, shiny).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skauniz
Gloss
beautiful, shining, shiny
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schoon English
- Scone English
- schön German
- *(s)kewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱoun- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱown- Proto-Indo-European
- *skaunistaz Proto-Germanic
- *skauniz Proto-Germanic
- *skaunizô Proto-Germanic
- scene Old English
- sciene Old English
- scȳne Old English
- sċīene Old English
- sconi Old High German
- scōni Old High German
- sgonn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- schœne Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- שיין Yiddish
- *skaunī gmw-pro
- sconi Old Dutch
- scōni Old Dutch
- skōni Old Dutch
- *kaunis Proto-Finnic
- schümma Cimbrian
- söon Cimbrian
- skoni Old Saxon
- skōni Old Saxon
- Schoon Alemannic German
- schea' Mòcheno