Where does “shinen” come from?

shinen (Middle English) comes from Old English sċīnan, from Proto-West Germanic skīnan, from Proto-Germanic skīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- — to shine, shimmer.

shinen (Middle English): Alternative form of schinen

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of schinen

Ancestry of “shinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċīnanto shine
2Proto-West Germanicskīnanto shine; to appear
3Proto-Germanicskīnanąto shine; to appear
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “shinen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skīnaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skīnan →
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