Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skinō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈski.nɔː/

Noun

*skinō f

plate; rim
piece
(anatomy) shinbone

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *skinō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skinō	*skinôz
vocative	*skinō	*skinôz
accusative	*skinǭ	*skinōz
genitive	*skinōz	*skinǫ̂
dative	*skinōi	*skinōmaz
instrumental	*skinō	*skinōmiz

Descendants

Old English: sċinu
- Middle English: shyn, schyn, schin, shine, scine, shzine, schynne, schine, schen
  - English: shin
  - Scots: shin, schin
Old Frisian: *skinu
- Saterland Frisian: Skiene
- West Frisian: skine
Old Saxon: skina
- Middle Low German: schēne
  - German Low German: Scheen, Schien
  - → Danish: skinne
  - → Norwegian: skinne, skina
  - → Swedish: skena
Frankish: *skina
- Old Dutch: *skina
  - Middle Dutch: schene
    - Dutch: scheen
      - Afrikaans: skeen
- Old French: eschine
  - Middle French: eschine
    - French: échine
  - Middle English: chyne
    - English: chine
Old High German: skina, scina, scena
- Middle High German: schine, schin
  - Alemannic German: Schine
  - German: Schiene
    - → Hungarian: sín
    - → Macedonian: шина (šina)
    - → Polish: szyna
    - → Romanian: șină
    - → Russian: шина (šina)
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: шина
      Latin: šina
  - Luxembourgish: Schinn
Lombardic: *skinko
Gothic: *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina)
- → Old Portuguese: esquina
  - Galician: esquina
  - Portuguese: esquina
- → Old Spanish: [Term?]
  - Spanish: esquina