שיין
Yiddish
adj
Definitions
- beautiful, pretty, cute, handsome
- nice
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German schœne inherited from Old High German scōni (good, lovely, pleasant, pure, brilliant, nice, handsome) 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
- back English
- Schöngeist German
- Schönheit German
- Schönling German
- Schönredner German
- Schönschrift German
- Schönwetter German
- bildschön German
- formschön German
- schön German
- schönfärben German
- schöngeistig German
- schönreden German
- schöntun German
- unschön German
- verschönern German
- wunderschön German
- *(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
- scōni Old High German
- schœne Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- ־קייט Yiddish
- שיינקײַט Yiddish
- *skaunī gmw-pro
- scōni Old Dutch
- skōni Old Dutch
- *kaunis Proto-Finnic
- schümma Cimbrian
- söon Cimbrian
- skōni Old Saxon
- jönik Volapük
- schea' Mòcheno
- schön Central Franconian
- scheen Hunsrik