Where does “scheen” come from?

scheen (Hunsrik) comes from Middle High German schœne, from Old High German scōni, 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...

scheen (Hunsrik): beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome; good, great,...

Definitions

  1. beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome; good, great,...

Ancestry of “scheen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschœnebeautiful
2Old High Germanscōnihandsome, brilliant, pure, lovely, good,...
3Proto-West Germanicskaunībeautiful
4Proto-Germanicskaunį̄niceness, beauty
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄