Where does “scīnan” come from?

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

scīnan (Old English): to shine

Definitions

  1. to shine

Ancestry of “scīnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskīnanto shine; to appear
2Proto-Germanicskīnanąto shine; to appear
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skīnaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skīnan →