sheen

sheen · adjective, noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kewh₁-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skauniz“beautiful”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skaunī
4. Old English · inherited fromsċīene“beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light”
5. Middle English · inherited fromshene
6. English todaysheen

From Middle English shene, schene, from Old English sċīene (“beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. Cognate with Middle Scots schene, scheine (“beautiful, fair, attractive”), Saterland Frisian skeen (“clean, pure”), West Frisian skjin (“nice, clean”), Dutch schoon (“clean, beautiful, fair”), German schön (“beautiful”), Danish skøn (“beautiful”), Norwegian Bokmål skjønn (“beautiful”), Norwegian Nynorsk skjønn (“beautiful”), Swedish skön (“beautiful, fine”). Compare also the loanword Finnish kaunis (“beautiful”). See also English show.

Sheen · proper noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skūrō
2. Old English · derived fromSceon“shelter, shed”
3. English todaySheen

From Old English Sceon (“shelter, shed”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.

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