An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schinnen

←

Schinken

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Schinnen

Schirling

→

This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Schinnen.

Random word

2697294An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchinnenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schinnen, plural, ‘dandruff, scurf,’ Modern High German only, from Middle German and Low German; connected with the cognates discussed under schinden; literally ‘that which comes off in scales from the skin of the head’; hence allied to Old Icelandic skinn (from *skinþ), ‘skin’?.