Am 07/12 19:56 Lars Henrik Mathiesen yscrifef:
> > Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 13:43:25 +0200
> > From: Mangiat <mangiat@...>
>
> > German has 'schön', Dutch 'schoon' (?). Where's the English cognate?
> > Shouldn't it be 'shoon' (beautiful is from French)?
>
> Danish has skøn, too. But for Danish and Dutch I wouldn't rule out a
> loan from German, however the word may have originated there. For
> English, did you try looking up the etymology of shine and sheen?
>
According to Clark Hall the Englisc spelling of sheen was sci:ene. It
meant beautiful in that language too.
- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz