Where does “schoon” come from?

schoon (Dutch) comes 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...

schoon (Dutch): beautiful; clean; cleansed

Definitions

  1. beautiful; clean; cleansed

Ancestry of “schoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschônebeautiful
2Old Dutchskōni—
3Proto-West Germanicskaunībeautiful
4Proto-Germanicskaunį̄niceness, beauty
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “schoon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄ →