Where does “eschine” come from?

eschine (Old French) comes from Frankish skina, from Proto-Germanic skinō, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

eschine (Old French): spine

Definitions

  1. spine

Ancestry of “eschine”, step by step

eschine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish skina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishskina—
2Proto-Germanicskinōplate; rim; piece; shinbone
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Proto-West Germanic skinu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskinubar, track; shin, spine

Words derived from “eschine”

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