Etymograph

English

skinner

Skinner comes from Middle English skynner ‘a worker or retailer of hides or pelts’, from skyn ‘a hide, fur or skin of an animal, especially…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kenH-‘skin, rind’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skinþą‘human skin’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350skinn‘skin’
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150scinn‘a skin’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500skyn‘a hide, fur or skin of an animal, especially used as a garment’
  6. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500skynner‘a worker or retailer of hides or pelts’
  7. Englishtodayskinner

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kenH-‘skin, rind’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skinþą‘human skin’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350skinn‘skin’
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150scinn‘a skin’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500skyn‘a hide, fur or skin of an animal, especially used as a garment’
  6. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500skynner‘a worker or retailer of hides or pelts’
  7. Englishtodayskinner

Formed from skin + -er

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

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH-

Today it means

noun Someone who skins animals.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH- / skinner

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