Reconstruction:Latin/skina

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from either Frankish *skina,[1] Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina), or Lombardic *skina.[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˈkina/

Noun

*skīna f (oblique *skīnam); first declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

spine, ridge (of an animal)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/sˈkina/	*/sˈkinas/
oblique	*/sˈkina/	*/sˈkinas/

Descendants

Piedmontese: schina
Italian: schiena (dialectal)
Occitan: esquelana, esquina
Old French: eschine [1080, Rol.]
- Middle French: eschine
  - French: échine
- → Middle English: chyne
  - English: chine
Venetian: schina
West Iberian:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: esquina
  - Galician: esquina
  - Portuguese: esquina
- Old Spanish: esquina
  - Spanish: esquina
    - → Sardinian: schina

References

A. J., Greimas (1968) “eschine”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*skina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 112

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[1] A. J., Greimas (1968) “eschine”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN

[2] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*skina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 112