skoon
Afrikaans
/skʊə̯n/
adj
Definitions
- clean; cleansed
- straight, undiluted, pure
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish schoon (beautiful, clean, fair) inherited from Middle Dutch schône inherited from Old Dutch scōni inherited from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (beautiful, shining, shiny).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skauniz
Gloss
beautiful, shining, shiny
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beeldschoon Dutch, Flemish
- brandschoon Dutch, Flemish
- natuurschoon Dutch, Flemish
- opschonen Dutch, Flemish
- schoon Dutch, Flemish
- schoonbroer Dutch, Flemish
- schoonheid Dutch, Flemish
- schoonmaken Dutch, Flemish
- schoonmoeder Dutch, Flemish
- schoonouder Dutch, Flemish
- schoonschrift Dutch, Flemish
- schoonschrijven Dutch, Flemish
- schoonvader Dutch, Flemish
- schoonvegen Dutch, Flemish
- schoonwassen Dutch, Flemish
- schoonzus Dutch, Flemish
- schoonzuster Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)kewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱoun- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱown- Proto-Indo-European
- *skaunistaz Proto-Germanic
- *skauniz Proto-Germanic
- *skaunizô Proto-Germanic
- scȳne Old English
- schone Middle Dutch
- schonen Middle Dutch
- schône Middle Dutch
- scōni Old High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *skaunī gmw-pro
- scōni Old Dutch
- skōni Old Dutch
- *kaunis Proto-Finnic
- skōni Old Saxon
- sjoen Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish