Schong

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms
  • Schoun (northern and eastern dialects)

Etymology

From Old High German scuoh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz. The modern form Schong goes back to an earlier plural *schuon, which is in line with Dutch schoen, Limburgish sjoon, Ripuarian Schohn, and dialectal Luxembourgish Schoun. From this, new inflected and plural forms (*schuones, *schuone, etc.) were construed that regularly underwent the velarisation into schong-. Ultimately this stem was adopted as a new basic form. Compare the more original situation with two stems in Steen (plural Steng).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃoŋ/
  • Rhymes: -oŋ

Noun

Schong m (plural Schong)

  1. shoe
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