Where does “scheen” come from?

scheen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schene, from Old Dutch skina, from Proto-West Germanic skinu, from Proto-Germanic skinō, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scheen (Dutch): shin; strip of wood or metal

Definitions

  1. shin; strip of wood or metal

Ancestry of “scheen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschene—
2Old Dutchskina—
3Proto-West Germanicskinubar, track; shin, spine
4Proto-Germanicskinōplate; rim; piece; shinbone
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scheen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skinō →
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