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Where does “skīnan” come from?

skīnan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic skīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- — to shine, shimmer.

skīnan (Proto-West Germanic): to shine; to appear

Definitions

  1. to shine; to appear

Ancestry of “skīnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskīnanąto shine; to appear
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “skīnan”

  • shining
  • shine
  • shiny
  • shin
  • moonshine
  • outshine
  • shoeshine
  • shinny
  • shininess
  • moonshiner
  • starshine
  • shiningness
  • shinest
  • moonshining
  • shiningly
  • moonshiny
  • ashine
  • earthshine
  • eyeshine
  • unshining
  • shinplaster
  • shinily
  • fireshine
  • shinsplints
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