English
elkskin
From elk + skin.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- ‘deer’
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Proto-Germanic *elhaz
Proto-West Germanic *elh
Old English eolc
Middle English elk ‘elk, moose (Alces alces)’
English elk
Proto-Indo-European *sken- ‘to split off’
Proto-Germanic *skinþą ‘animal hide’
Old Norse skinn ‘animal hide’
Old English scinn ‘a skin’
Middle English skyn ‘a hide’
English skin
Today it means
noun The skin of an elk, or leather made from it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / elkskin