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Where does “skina” come from?

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

Ancestry of “skina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskínato shine
2Proto-Germanicskīnanąto shine; to appear
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer
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