Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “(s)ḱoun-”

105 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- — including sheen, scones, scone, sheeny, sheenless, schoon, skøn, skön.

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Finnish (24)

German (16)

English (7)

Dutch (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old English (4)

Swedish (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Old High German (3)

Volapük (3)

Middle Low German (3)

Middle English (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Danish (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Estonian (1)

Karelian (1)

Cornish (1)

Gothic (1)

Russian (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Limburgish (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- — 105 descendants | Etymology Explorer