English
Sheen
Sheen comes from Old English Sceon ‘shelter, shed’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *skūrō.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skūrōreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sceon‘shelter, shed’
- EnglishtodaySheen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skūrōreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sceon‘shelter, shed’
- EnglishtodaySheen
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *skūrō
Today it means
name An area of Greater London, officially East Sheen.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skūrō / Sheen