English
gooseskingooseskin
From goose + skin.
A compound of goose + skin
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns
Proto-Germanic *gans
Proto-West Germanic *gans
Old English gōs
Middle English goos
English goose
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 a goose, especially the removable skin of a the goose form of a narnauk who transforms back into a goose by putting the skin back on.
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Etymograph / gooseskin
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