Where does “scȳne” come from?

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

Ancestry of “scȳne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskaunizbeautiful, shining
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱoun-quick, dashing, beautiful

Words derived from “scȳne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱoun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skauniz →
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