Where does “skinten” come from?

skinten (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic skindijaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ken- — to peel; to split off; peel.

skinten (Old High German): to skin; flay; peel off

Definitions

  1. to skin; flay; peel off

Ancestry of “skinten”, step by step

skinten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic skindijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskindijaną—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ken-to peel; to split off; peel

via Proto-Germanic skinþijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskinþijanąto skin; flay

Words derived from “skinten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ken- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skindijaną →