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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

Words derived from “scēone”

  • shone
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