Where does “skína” come from?

skína (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic skīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- — to shine, shimmer.

skína (Icelandic): to shine

Definitions

  1. to shine

Ancestry of “skína”, step by step

skína traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse skína

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskínato shine
2Proto-Germanicskīnanąto shine; to appear
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer

via Proto-Indo-European skei-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskei-to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “skína”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skīnaną →Every word from Old Norse skína →