Where does “schiene” come from?

schiene (German) comes from Middle High German schine, from Old High German 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.

schiene (German): first/third-person singular subjunctive II of...

Definitions

  1. first/third-person singular subjunctive II of...

Ancestry of “schiene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschine—
2Old High Germanskinabar, track
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 “schiene”

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