Where does “sceon” come from?

sceon (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic skehaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱek- — to pass, happen.

sceon (Old English): to fall to a person's lot; to go quickly, hasten,...

Definitions

  1. to fall to a person's lot; to go quickly, hasten,...

Ancestry of “sceon”, step by step

sceon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *skehan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skehanto move quickly
2Proto-Germanicskehanąto jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḱek-to pass, happen

via Proto-Germanic skūrō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskūrōstorm; short shower; shelter, shack
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱēwer-north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower

Words derived from “sceon”

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