English
horseskin
From horse + skin.
Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’
Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’
Old English hors ‘horse’
Middle English hors ‘a horse’
English horse
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 horse, or leather made therefrom.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / horseskin