Where does “skeining” come from?
skeining (English) comes from English skein, from Dutch scheen, from Dutch scheenbeen, from Dutch been, from Middle Dutch bêen, from Old Dutch bēn, from Proto-West Germanic bain, from Proto-Germanic bainą — to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut.
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Ancestry of “skeining”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | skein | A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up... |
| 2 | Dutch | scheen | shin; strip of wood or metal |
| 3 | Dutch | scheenbeen | A tibia; A shin, the front of a vertebrate leg... |
| 4 | Dutch | been | leg, limb of a person, horse and certain... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | bêen | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | bēn | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bain | leg; bone |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bainą | leg; bone |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyh₂- | to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut |