Where does “scheen” come from?

scheen (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German schö̂ne, from Old Saxon skōni, 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...

scheen (Plautdietsch): beautiful, lovely, fair

Definitions

  1. beautiful, lovely, fair

Ancestry of “scheen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschö̂nefine flour bread
2Old Saxonskōnishiny, beautiful
3Proto-West Germanicskaunībeautiful
4Proto-Germanicskaunį̄niceness, beauty
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄ →