sconi

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

Adjective

scōni

1. beautiful
2. pure, clean

Inflection

Declension of scōni (ja-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	scōni	scōni	scōni	scōna, scōne
accusative	scōnen	scōna	scōni	scōna, scōne
genitive	scōnes	scōnero	scōnes	scōnero
dative	scōnin, scōnemo	scōnero	scōnin, scōnemo	scōnon
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	scōno	scōna	scōna	scōnon
accusative	scōnon	scōnon	scōna	scōnon
genitive	scōnin	scōnon	scōnin	scōnono
dative	scōnin	scōnon	scōnin	scōnon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: schône
  • Dutch: schoon
    • Afrikaans: skoon
    • → West Frisian: skoan
  • Limburgish: sjoen, sjoean, sjuun, sjun

Further reading

• “skōni”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

Adjective

scōni

1. nice

Descendants

• Middle High German: schœne
  • Bavarian: schee

    Cimbrian: söon, schümma (Luserna)

    Mòcheno: schea'

  • Central Franconian: schün
    • Hunsrik: scheen
  • East Central German:

    Silesian East Central German: scheene

    Volhynian German: scheen

  • East Franconian: schee
  • German: schön
    • → Central Franconian: schön, schien
    • → Japanese: シャン (shan)
  • Luxembourgish: schéin
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Hessian: schee

    Palatine German: schee, schää, schään

    Pennsylvania German: schee

  • Yiddish: שיין (sheyn)

Etymology 2

Derived from the adjective scōni: scōni +‎ -ī.

Noun

scōnī f

1. niceness

Declension

Declension of scōnī (īn-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	scōnī	—
accusative	scōnī	—
genitive	scōnī	—
dative	scōnī	—

Descendants

• Middle High German:
  • Alemannic German: Schoon