Where does “esquena” come from?

esquena (Catalan) comes from Frankish skina, from Proto-Germanic skinō, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

esquena (Catalan): back

Definitions

  1. back

Ancestry of “esquena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishskina—
2Proto-Germanicskinōplate; rim; piece; shinbone
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skinō →