Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skaunī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skauniz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*skaunī

1. beautiful

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*skaunī
Genitive	*skaunijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*skaunī	*skauniju	*skaunī
Accusative	*skaunijanā	*skaunijā	*skaunī
Genitive	*skaunijas	*skaunijeʀā	*skaunijas
Dative	*skaunijumē	*skaunijeʀē	*skaunijumē
Instrumental	*skauniju	*skaunijeʀu	*skauniju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*skaunijē	*skaunijō	*skauniju
Accusative	*skaunijā	*skaunijā	*skauniju
Genitive	*skaunijeʀō	*skaunijeʀō	*skaunijeʀō
Dative	*skaunijēm, *skaunijum	*skaunijēm, *skaunijum	*skaunijēm, *skaunijum
Instrumental	*skaunijēm, *skaunijum	*skaunijēm, *skaunijum	*skaunijēm, *skaunijum

Derived terms

• *skaunijan
• *skaunōn

Descendants

• Old English: sċīene, sċēne, sċēone, sċīone, sċīne (Early West Saxon), sċȳne (Late West Saxon)
  • Middle English: schene, schen, schone, shone
    • English: sheen
    • Middle Scots: schene, scheine
• Old Frisian: skēne
  • North Frisian: schien
  • Saterland Frisian: skeen
  • West Frisian: skjin
• Old Saxon: skōni
  • Middle Low German: schö̂ne
    • Low German: schöön

      Altmärkisch: schön

      Bremisch: schön (substantivised: (dat) Schöne n)

      Dithmarsisch: schön

      Hamburgisch: scheun

      Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: schön

      Ostfälisch: schöne (schön)

      Westfälisch:

      Lippisch: scheun

      Münsterländisch: schön

      Paderbornisch: schoin

      Ravensbergisch: schåün

      Sauerländisch: schoine, scho̊n

      Westmünsterländisch: schöön

      • Plautdietsch: scheen
    • → Old Swedish: skön
      • Swedish: skön
    • → Danish: skøn
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: skjønn
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: skjønn
• Old Dutch: scōni
  • Middle Dutch: schône
    • Dutch: schoon
      • Afrikaans: skoon
      • → West Frisian: skoan
    • Limburgish: sjoen, sjoean, sjuun, sjun
• Old High German: scōni
  • Middle High German: schœne
    • Bavarian: schee

      Cimbrian: söon, schümma (Luserna)

      Mòcheno: schea'

    • Central Franconian: schün
      • Hunsrik: scheen
    • East Central German:

      Silesian East Central German: scheene

      Volhynian German: scheen

    • East Franconian: schee
    • German: schön
      • → Central Franconian: schön, schien
      • → Japanese: シャン (shan)
    • Luxembourgish: schéin
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Hessian: schee

      Palatine German: schee, schää, schään

      Pennsylvania German: schee

    • Yiddish: שיין (sheyn)