sheenest
English
superlative adjective
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English shenest inherited from Old English sċēnost inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaunistaz, *skauniz (beautiful, shining, shiny) affix from English sheen.
Origin
English
sheen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sheen English
- sheener English
- sheenful English
- sheenless English
- sheenly English
- *(s)kewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱoun- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱown- Proto-Indo-European
- *skaunistaz Proto-Germanic
- *skauniz Proto-Germanic
- *skaunizô Proto-Germanic
- scienost Old English
- scȳne Old English
- sċēnost Old English
- shene Middle English
- shenest Middle English
- scōni Old High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *skaunī gmw-pro
- scōni Old Dutch
- skōni Old Dutch
- *kaunis Proto-Finnic
- skōni Old Saxon