Where does “skina” come from?

skina (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic skinu, from Proto-Germanic skinō, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

skina (Old Saxon): shin

Definitions

  1. shin

Ancestry of “skina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskinubar, track; shin, spine
2Proto-Germanicskinōplate; rim; piece; shinbone
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skinō →