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Proto-Germanic: *skaunia-, *skunjō
Meaning: beautiful
Gothic: *skaun-s ~ *skaunī-s (i.ja) `beautiful'
Old Norse: skün f., n. `Bescheid; Einsicht'; kinn-skjōni `Pferd mit leichtfarbigen Wangen'
Norwegian: skün
Swedish: skön
Danish: skjön
Old English: scīne (scīene, scēne, scēone, scīone, scǖne) `beautiful, fair, bright'
English: poet. sheen
Old Frisian: skēne
Old Saxon: skōni `glänzend, schön'
Middle Dutch: scōne
Dutch: schoon
Middle Low German: schȫn(e)
Old High German: scōni `ansehnlich, glänzend, rein, herrlich, gut, angenehm' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: schȫn(e) 'schön, herrlich; glänzend, hell; weiss, fein; schonend, freundlich'
German: schön
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Proto-IE: *(s)k'oun-
Meaning: quick, dashing, beautiful
Hittite: iskunant- 'fleckig, schmutzig' (Tischler 404)
Celtic: Cymr cun `anziehend, liebenswürdig'; Gaul EN. Counos; OIr Cuan, cuan-dae `schön, angenehm'
Russ. meaning: приятный во всех отношениях
References: WP I 365 f [quite differently in Pok.]
piet-meaning,piet-hitt,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-celt,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Proto-Baltic: *čaũn-a- adj., *čaũn-u-
Meaning: fast
Lithuanian: šaũna- `schnell, hastig, heftig, vortrefflich, schön', šaunù- `id.; brav, tüchtig, ehrenhaft'; adv. šaũniai `hastig, heftig, vortrefflich, sehr'
Comments: [according to Fraenkel -- to šáuti ]
baltet-meaning,baltet-prnum,baltet-lith,baltet-notes,
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