Where does “skin” come from?

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

skin (Icelandic): shine, shimmer, brightness

Definitions

  1. shine, shimmer, brightness

Ancestry of “skin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskínato shine
2Old Norseskínato shine
3Proto-Germanicskīnanąto shine; to appear
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skīnaną →Every word from Old Norse skína →