English

kidskin

From kid + skin.

A compound of kid + skin

Proto-Germanic *kidją ‘goatling’

Old Norse kið ‘young goat’

Middle English kide ‘kid’

English kid

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 or hide of a kid, i.e., a young goat.

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