Where does “schīnen” come from?

schīnen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German skīnan, from Proto-West Germanic skīnan, from Proto-Germanic skīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- — to shine, shimmer.

schīnen (Middle High German): to shine

Definitions

  1. to shine

Ancestry of “schīnen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “schīnen”

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