sciene

Old English

adj
Definitions
  • beautiful, fair, bright
  • brilliant, light, shining

Etymology

Inherited from *skaunī (beautiful, fine) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (beautiful, shining, shiny) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱown- (dashing, quick, beautiful).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ḱown-

Gloss

dashing, quick, beautiful

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

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