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Where does “scōni” come from?

scōni (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic skaunī, from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

scōni (Old High German): handsome, brilliant, pure, lovely, good,...

Definitions

  1. handsome, brilliant, pure, lovely, good,...

Ancestry of “scōni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskaunībeautiful
2Proto-Germanicskaunį̄niceness, beauty
3Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “scōni”

  • Schönheit
  • Schönheitsfehler
  • bildschön
  • Schöngeist
  • Schönschrift
  • Schönling
  • beschönigend
  • unschön
  • Beschöniger
  • beschönigen
  • Schönredner
  • schon
  • Tatsachenbeschöniger
  • wunderschön
  • schönfärben
  • schön
  • шенгајст
  • шенити
  • šengajst
  • scōno
  • schœne
  • schōne
  • שוין
  • שיין
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