sconi

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

Adjective

scōni

1. beautiful
2. pure, clean

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: schône
  • Dutch: schoon
    • Afrikaans: skoon
    • → West Frisian: skoan
  • Limburgish: sjoen, sjoean, sjuun, sjun

Further reading

• “skōni”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

Adjective

scōni

1. nice

Descendants

• 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
  • Luxembourgish: schéin
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Hessian: schee

    Palatine German: schee, schää, schään

    Pennsylvania German: schee

  • Yiddish: שיין (sheyn)

Etymology 2

Derived from the adjective scōni: scōni +‎ -ī.

Noun

scōnī f

1. niceness

Declension

Declension of scōnī (īn-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	scōnī	—
accusative	scōnī	—
genitive	scōnī	—
dative	scōnī	—

Descendants

• Middle High German:
  • Alemannic German: Schoon