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Where does “skauniz” come from?

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

skauniz (Proto-Germanic): beautiful, shining

Definitions

  1. beautiful, shining

Ancestry of “skauniz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skauniz”

  • sheen
  • scones
  • scone
  • sheeny
  • sheenless
  • sheenful
  • sheenly
  • скон
  • Schönheit
  • Schöngeist
  • schon
  • schönfärben
  • schön
  • Schönheitsfehler
  • beschönigend
  • Beschöniger
  • beschönigen
  • wunderschön
  • Schönschrift
  • Schönredner
  • Tatsachenbeschöniger
  • bildschön
  • Schönling
  • unschön
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