Etymograph

English

hare-skin

From hare + skin.

A compound of hare + skin

Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-

Proto-Germanic *hesô

Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-

Old English hara

Middle English hare ‘a hare or its meat’

English hare

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 hare.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hare-skin