schënnen

From Middle High German schinden, schinten (“to cheat; swindle; torment; peel off; skin”), from Old High German skinden, skinten (“to skin; flay; peel off”), from Proto-Germanic *skindijaną, *skinþijaną (“to skin; flay”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ken- (“to split off; peel”). Cognate with German schinden.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃənən/
• Rhymes: -ənən

schënnen (third-person singular present schënnt, past participle geschannt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to skin, to flay
2. (transitive) to overwork, to grind, to maltreat
3. (reflexive) to toil, to labour

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