Where does “sċīnan” come from?

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

sċīnan (Old English): to shine

Definitions

  1. to shine

Ancestry of “sċīnan”, step by step

sċīnan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic skīnan

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

via Proto-Germanic *skīnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*skīnan—

Words derived from “sċīnan”

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