Where does “scēone” come from?

scēone (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skauniz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- — quick, dashing, beautiful.

scēone (Old English): beautiful, fair, bright

Definitions

  1. beautiful, fair, bright

Ancestry of “scēone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskaunizbeautiful, shining
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱoun-quick, dashing, beautiful
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →