sconi

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Adjective

scōni

beautiful
pure, clean

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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

nice

Descendants

Middle High German: schœne
- Bavarian: schee
  Cimbrian: söon, schümma
  
  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
- 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

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

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