Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skauniz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *skowh₁nis, a verbal adjective originally meaning "watchable", derived from a lost strong verb *skawaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to perceive, pay attention”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskɑu̯.niz/

Adjective

*skauniz (comparative *skaunizô, superlative *skaunistaz)

beautiful, shining

Inflection

Declension of *skauniz (i-stem)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*skauniz	*skaunijai	*skaunī	*skaunijôz	skaunį, -jatō	*skaunijō
accusative	*skaunijanǭ	*skaunijanz	*skaunijǭ	*skaunijōz	skaunį, -jatō	*skaunijō
genitive	skaunijas, skaunīs	*skaunijaizǫ̂	*skaunijaizōz	*skaunijaizǫ̂	skaunijas, skaunīs	*skaunijaizǫ̂
dative	*skaunijammai	*skaunijaimaz	*skaunijaizōi	*skaunijaimaz	*skaunijammai	*skaunijaimaz
instrumental	*skaunijanō	*skaunijaimiz	*skaunijaizō	*skaunijaimiz	*skaunijanō	*skaunijaimiz

weak declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*skaunijô	*skaunijaniz	*skaunijǭ	*skaunijōniz	*skaunijô	*skaunijōnō
accusative	*skaunijanų	*skaunijanunz	*skaunijōnų	*skaunijōnunz	*skaunijô	*skaunijōnō
genitive	*skaunīniz	*skaunijanǫ̂	*skaunijōniz	*skaunijōnǫ̂	*skaunīniz	*skaunijanǫ̂
dative	*skaunīni	*skaunijammaz	*skaunijōni	*skaunijōmaz	*skaunīni	*skaunijammaz
instrumental	*skaunīnē	*skaunijammiz	*skaunijōnē	*skaunijōmiz	*skaunīnē	*skaunijammiz

Related terms

*skawaz
*skawwōną

Derived terms

*skaunį̄

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skaunī
- Old English: sċīene, sċēne, sċēone, sċīne, sċīone, sċȳne
  - Middle English: schene, schen, schone, shone
    - English: sheen
    - 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
      Mòcheno: schea'
    - Central Franconian: schün
      - Hunsrik: scheen
    - East Central German:
      Silesian German: scheene
    - East Franconian: schee
    - German: schön
      - → Central Franconian: schön, schien
    - Luxembourgish: schéin
    - Rhine Franconian:
      Hessian: schee
      Palatine German: schee, schää, schään
      Pennsylvania German: schee
    - Yiddish: שיין‎ (sheyn)
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (skauns)
→ Proto-Finnic: *kaunis (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN