Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skinþą

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH- (“skin, rind; to peel”). Cognate with Lithuanian skìnti (“to pluck, pick”), Latvian šķĩt (“to pluck leaves”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*skinþą n

  1. animal hide
  2. fruit peel
  3. skin (human)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skinþą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skinþą *skinþō
vocative *skinþą *skinþō
accusative *skinþą *skinþō
genitive *skinþas, *skinþis *skinþǫ̂
dative *skinþai *skinþamaz
instrumental *skinþō *skinþamiz

Descendants

  • Old Dutch: *skind
  • Old High German: scind
  • Old Norse: skinn

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skìnti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 562-3
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