Etymology

shine

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Middle English shinen ← Old English sċīnan ← Proto-West Germanic *skīnan
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shine · verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skīnaną“to shine”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skīnan“to shine”
  3. Old English · inherited fromsċīnan
  4. Middle English · inherited fromshinen
  5. English todayshine

From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English sċīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite sċān, past participle sċinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål skinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish skina, Faroese and Icelandic skína.

shine · verb2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skainijaną
  2. Old English · inherited fromscǣnan“to render brilliant, make shine”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromschenen
  4. Old English · derived fromscīn“brightness, shine”
  5. Middle English · derived fromschinen
  6. English todayshine

From the noun shine, or perhaps continuing Middle English schinen in its causative uses, from Old English scīn (“brightness, shine”), and also Middle English schenen, from Old English scǣnan (“to render brilliant, make shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skainijaną, causative of *skīnaną (“to shine”).

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