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Number: 1730
Root: (s)ken-(d-)
English meaning: to rift; to flay
German meaning: `abspalten; abgespaltene Haut, Schuppe, Rinde'
General comments: wohl Erweiterung von sek- `schneiden'; nur kelt. u. german.
Derivatives: (s)kend-no- `Haut'
Material: A. Bret. skant Kollekt. `Schuppen' (*skn̥to-), abret. anscantocion Pl. `insquamōsos', cymr. ysgythru `Schnitzen' (*sken-tr-);

    aisl. skinn n. `Haut, Fell' (*skén-to-, urgerm. *skinþa-, vgl. lapp. Lw. skidde und runisch ski[n]þa-leubaR; ags. scinn, engl. skin ds. ist Lw. aus dem Nord., ebenso mnd. schin `eine Art russisches Ledergeld'), mhd. schint f. `Obstschale', nhd. Schind-mähre, -aas, ndl. dial. schinde `Haut, Fell; Bast, Rinde', abgel. Verbum as. biscindian `abrinden, schälen', ahd. scinten, mhd. mnd.schinden `enthäuten, ausplündern, mißhandeln' (nhd. schinden st. V.); aisl. skān f. `Borke', nisl. auch `Häutchen', mnd. schin `Schuppen im Haar' (daraus nhd. Schinn, Schinne), mndl. schene `dünne Haut, Bast';

    B. daneben idg. (s)kend- in:

    air. ceinn `Schuppe, Schale', cymr. cenn (*kend-n-), acorn. cenn-en `Häutchen, Haut', ysgenn `Schinnen', mbret. quenn `Haut', bret. kenn m. `Schinnen', -ken `Haut' in bu-gen `Rindshaut' usw.; bret. (Vannes) skignan `Frosch' (*skenni̯ano-); aisl. hinna f. `dünne Haut, Membrane' (*skend-n-);

    vgl. mit a-Vokalismus: mir. scaindrim `zerspalte', scandrad, scaindred `dispersion', scainder `Gefecht'.

References: WP. II 563 f.; Loth RC. 41, 405 f.
Pages: 929-930
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(s)kenǝ-, *(s)kenǝ-t-, *(s)kenǝ-d-
Meaning: skin, rind; to peel
Avestan: sčandayeiti 'zerspaltet, zerbricht', skǝnda- 'Zerspaltung, Zerstören'
Other Iranian: NPers šikastan 'zerbrechen'
Old Greek: kata-skenō Cret. (inscr.) = katakteínō; skendǖ́lǟ, skhendǖ́lǟ 'a ship-carpenter's and blacksmith's tool, perhaps a pair of pincers or tongs' (Hsch., etc.)
Slavic: ? *skǭdъ(jь), *skǭdītī
Baltic: *skin̂- vb. tr. (1)
Germanic: *skin=, *skín-ɵ-a- n., *skin-d=, *skin-d-a- vb. intr., *skin-d-ia- vb., *skēn-ō f.; *xín-ɵ-ōn- f., *xán-ɵ=
Latin: scandula f. (also scindula on analogy with scindo) `Schindel, Dachschindel'
Celtic: *sk(a)nt-, *kenn- > Cymr cen `Häutchen, Haut', Corn cenn-en `Häutchen, Haut', ysgen `Schinnen', OBret an-scantocion `insquamosus', Bret scant `Fischschuppe'; *skand- > MIr scandraim `zerspalte', scandrad, scaindred `dispersion', scainner, pl. scaindrecha `Vernichtungskämpfe'
Russ. meaning: шкура, кожура; сдирать их
References: WP II 563 f
Comments: Some forms may actually reflect a nasalised *skeda- (q.v.), with a natural contamination.
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: ску́дный,
Near etymology: скуда́, ску́дость ж., укр. ску́дний, блр. о-ску́дны, др.-русск. скудъ "скудный", скудость, ст.-слав. скѫдъ ἐνδεής (Супр.), оскѫдити "сократить" (Супр.), оскѫдѣти ἐκλείπειν (Супр.), болг. оскъ́ден "скудный, убогий", сербохорв. о̀скудан -- то же, ску̏дити "очернить, оклеветать", словен. oskȯ́dǝn "скудный", др.-польск. oskundzić "хулить", poskundziɫa "поносила" (Брюкнер 398). Сюда же поску́да, поску́дный.
Further etymology: Праслав. *skǫd- связано чередованием гласных со *skęd- (см. щади́ть). Возм., родственно авест. sčandayeinti "они разбивают, разрушают", skǝnda- м. "ломание", "недуг, увечье", лат. scandula "дранка, гонт", scindula -- то же (Цупица, GG. 156; Мейе, МSL 14, 340; Брандт, РФВ 24, 173 и сл.) Далее, возм., сюда же лит. skìnti, skinù "драть", др.-исл. skinn ср. р. "шкура, кожа", д.-в.-н. scintan "драть" (Торп 448; Вальде--Гофм. 2, 488 и сл.).
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *skin̂- vb. tr. (1)
Meaning: pull out
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: skìnti (skìna, skī́nē) `pflücken, abreissen, aushauen, (Wald) roden, lichten'
Lettish: šk̨ĩt (/ šk̨ît2 Zabeln) (šk̨inu/šk̨in̨u/šk̨īnu) 'abblatten (Kohl), abstreifen (Hopfen), abpflücken, abrinden, (Strauch) abroden'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *skin=, *skínɵa-n, *skind=, *skindan- vb. intr., *skindian- vb. caus., *skēnō; *xínɵōn, *xánɵ=
Meaning: skin, rind
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: skinn n. `abgezogene Haut, bes. von kleineren Tieren'; skān f. `Borke'; hinna f. `dünne Haut, Bauchfell'
Norwegian: skinn; skɔn `Kruste, Borke'; hinna
Old Swedish: Run. ski[n]ɵa-leubaR
Swedish: skinn; dial. skɔn `Schorf'; hinna
Danish: skind; hinne
Old English: hionne `Hirnhaut'
Old Frisian: skene `Rinde'
East Frisian: Fris hann `Häutchen'
Old Saxon: { biscindian `abrinden, schälen' }; biskindan 'sich abschälen'
Middle Dutch: schene `dünne Haut, Bast'; scinden 'misshandeln, rauben'
Dutch: dial. schinde `Fell; Baumrinde', schin 'Kopfschuppe'
Middle Low German: schinden `enthäuten, plündern, rauben'; schin `Schuppen im Haar'; schinne f. 'Kopfschuppe'
Old High German: skinten (9.Jh.) `enthäuten, schälen, ausplündern, misshandeln'
Middle High German: schinden, schinten st. 'die Haut, die Rinde abziehen, enthäuten, schälen, berauben, peinigen, maisshandeln'; EaHG schint f. 'Oberschale' (15.Jh.)
German: {Schind-mähre, -aas}; schinden (neues st. V.); {Schin, Schinne}
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