Where does “skinu” come from?

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

skinu (Proto-West Germanic): bar, track; shin, spine

Definitions

  1. bar, track; shin, spine

Ancestry of “skinu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skinu”

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