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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”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*skinþą n
- animal hide
- human skin
- fruit peel
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *skinþą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*skinþą
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*skinþō
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vocative
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*skinþą
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*skinþō
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accusative
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*skinþą
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*skinþō
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genitive
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*skinþas, *skinþis
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*skinþǫ̂
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dative
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*skinþai
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*skinþamaz
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instrumental
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*skinþō
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*skinþamiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skìnti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 562-3