Where does “schoonschrift” come from?

schoonschrift (Dutch) 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...

schoonschrift (Dutch): calligraphy

Definitions

  1. calligraphy

Ancestry of “schoonschrift”, step by step

schoonschrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch schoon

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...

via Dutch Schrift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchSchriftscript
2Middle Dutchscrift
3Old Dutchskrifti
4Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂