Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skaunī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skauniz + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective
*skaunī[1]
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *skaunī | ||
| Genitive | *skaunijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *skaunī | *skauniju | *skaunī |
| Accusative | *skaunijanā | *skaunijā | *skaunī |
| Genitive | *skaunijas | *skaunijeʀā | *skaunijas |
| Dative | *skaunijumē | *skaunijeʀē | *skaunijumē |
| Instrumental | *skauniju | *skaunijeʀu | *skauniju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *skaunijē | *skaunijō | *skauniju |
| Accusative | *skaunijā | *skaunijā | *skauniju |
| Genitive | *skaunijeʀō | *skaunijeʀō | *skaunijeʀō |
| Dative | *skaunijēm, *skaunijum | *skaunijēm, *skaunijum | *skaunijēm, *skaunijum |
| Instrumental | *skaunijēm, *skaunijum | *skaunijēm, *skaunijum | *skaunijēm, *skaunijum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- 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
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206: “PWGmc *skaunī”