Reconstruction:Latin/skina

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from either Frankish *skina,[1] Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina), or Lombardic *skina.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(e)sˈkina/

Noun

*skīna f (oblique *skīnam); first declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. spine, ridge (of an animal)

Declension

singular plural
nominative */sˈkina/ */sˈkinas/
oblique */sˈkina/ */sˈkinas/

Descendants

  • Piedmontese: schina
  • Italian: schiena (dialectal)
  • Catalan: esquena
  • Occitan: esquelana, esquina
  • Old French: eschine [1080, Rol.]
  • Venetan: schina
  • West Iberian:

References

  1. ^ A. J., Greimas (1968) “eschine”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancien français: jusqu’au milieu du XIVᵉ siècle (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse, →ISBN
  2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*skina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 112
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