Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skinþą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈskin.θɑ̃/

Noun

*skinþą n

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

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
  • Middle Dutch: *schind (attested by verb schinden)
    • Dutch: schinde (dialectal; and possibly from German)
• Old High German: scind
  • Middle High German: schint
    • German: Schinde (dialectal)
• Old Norse: skinn
  • Icelandic: skinn
  • Faroese: skinn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skinn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skinn
  • Old Swedish: skin
    • Swedish: skinn
  • Danish: skind
  • → Old English: scinn
    • Middle English: skyn, scin, skin, skinne (reinforced by Old Norse during Middle English period)
      • English: skin
      • Scots: skin
  • → Old Frisian: skene
  • → Middle Low German: schin