Where does “skoon” come from?

skoon (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch schoon, from Middle Dutch schône, from Old Dutch skōni, from Proto-West Germanic skaunī, from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

skoon (Afrikaans): clean; cleansed

Definitions

  1. clean; cleansed

Ancestry of “skoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschoonbeautiful; clean; cleansed
2Middle Dutchschônebeautiful
3Old Dutchskōni—
4Proto-West Germanicskaunībeautiful
5Proto-Germanicskaunį̄niceness, beauty
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄ →