Where does “shin” come from?

shin (Louisiana Creole) comes from French chien, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

shin (Louisiana Creole): (a) dog

Definitions

  1. (a) dog

Ancestry of “shin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchiendog; cock, hammer; greedy, stingy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
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