An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schonen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2553683An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schonenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schonen, verb, ‘to take care (of), spare, economise,’ from early Middle High German schônen, ‘to treat indulgently, spare'; compare Dutch schoonen; a derivative of the adjective schön. Old Icelandic skaunn,, masculine, ‘shield,’ is not allied.