Etymology Explorer β€Ί Cebuano

Where does β€œeskina” come from?

eskina (Cebuano) comes from Spanish esquina, from Gothic πƒπŒΊπŒΉπŒ½πŒ°, from Proto-Germanic skinō, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- β€” to cut, cut off, sever.

eskina (Cebuano): a corner

Definitions

  1. a corner

Ancestry of β€œeskina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishesquinacorner
2GothicπƒπŒΊπŒΉπŒ½πŒ°β€”
3Proto-Germanicskinōplate; rim; piece; shinbone
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- β†’