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Where does “scōno” come from?

scōno (Old High German) comes from Old High German scōni, 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...

scōno (Old High German): beautifully

Definitions

  1. beautifully

Ancestry of “scōno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscōnihandsome, brilliant, pure, lovely, good,...
2Proto-West Germanicskaunībeautiful
3Proto-Germanicskaunį̄niceness, beauty
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “scōno”

  • schon
  • schōne
  • שוין
  • schonn
  • schun
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