Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skauniz
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *skowh₁nis, a verbal adjective originally meaning "watchable", derived from a lost strong verb *skawaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to perceive, pay attention”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*skauniz (comparative *skaunizô, superlative *skaunistaz)
Inflection
Declension of *skauniz (i-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *skauniz | *skaunijai | *skaunī | *skaunijôz | *skaunį, *-jatō | *skaunijō |
| accusative | *skaunijanǭ | *skaunijanz | *skaunijǭ | *skaunijōz | *skaunį, *-jatō | *skaunijō |
| genitive | *skaunijas, *skaunīs | *skaunijaizǫ̂ | *skaunijaizōz | *skaunijaizǫ̂ | *skaunijas, *skaunīs | *skaunijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *skaunijammai | *skaunijaimaz | *skaunijaizōi | *skaunijaimaz | *skaunijammai | *skaunijaimaz |
| instrumental | *skaunijanō | *skaunijaimiz | *skaunijaizō | *skaunijaimiz | *skaunijanō | *skaunijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *skaunijô | *skaunijaniz | *skaunijǭ | *skaunijōniz | *skaunijô | *skaunijōnō |
| accusative | *skaunijanų | *skaunijanunz | *skaunijōnų | *skaunijōnunz | *skaunijô | *skaunijōnō |
| genitive | *skaunīniz | *skaunijanǫ̂ | *skaunijōniz | *skaunijōnǫ̂ | *skaunīniz | *skaunijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *skaunīni | *skaunijammaz | *skaunijōni | *skaunijōmaz | *skaunīni | *skaunijammaz |
| instrumental | *skaunīnē | *skaunijammiz | *skaunijōnē | *skaunijōmiz | *skaunīnē | *skaunijammiz |
Related terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *skaunī
- Old English: sċīene, sċēne, sċēone, sċīne, sċīone, sċȳne
- Old Frisian: skēne
- Old Saxon: skōni
- Middle Low German: schö̂ne
- Low German: schöön
- Altmärkisch: schön
- Bremisch: schön (substantivised: (dat) Schöne n)
- Dithmarsisch: schön
- Hamburgisch: scheun
- Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: schön
- Ostfälisch: schöne (schön)
- Westfälisch:
- Plautdietsch: scheen
- → Old Swedish: skön
- Swedish: skön
- → Danish: skøn
- → Norwegian Bokmål: skjønn
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: skjønn
- Low German: schöön
- Middle Low German: schö̂ne
- Old Dutch: scōni
- Old High German: scōni
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (skauns)
- → Proto-Finnic: *kaunis (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skauni-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441