From Middle English shene, schene, from Old English sċīene, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz ("beautiful"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-.
Cognate with Scots schene, scheine, Saterland Frisian skeen, West Frisian skjin, Dutch schoon, German schön, Danish skøn, Norwegian Bokmål skjønn, Norwegian Nynorsk skjønn, Swedish skön ("beautiful, fine"). Compare also the loanword Finnish kaunis ("beautiful"). See also English show.
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