skinn
Swedish
/ɧɪnː/
noun
Definitions
- (human) skin
- (animal) hide, fur (of a whole animal, used as a rug etc.)
- (processed) leather
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse skinn (animal hide) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skinþą derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenǝ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kenǝ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *(s)kenǝ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sken- Proto-Indo-European
- skinn Norwegian Bokmål
- *skinþą Proto-Germanic
- klar Swedish
- klarskinn Swedish
- nacke Swedish
- nackskinn Swedish
- varg Swedish
- vargskinn Swedish
- skinn Norwegian Nynorsk
- scinn Old English
- skyn Middle English
- skinn Old Norse
- skinn Icelandic
- sceng Middle Irish