English

loinskin

From loin + skin.

Formed from loin + skin

Vulgar Latin *lumbea

Old French loigne

Middle English loyne

English loin

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 A garment, made of animal skin, that covers the loins (crotch).

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

Etymograph / loinskin