skinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skinn, from Proto-Germanic *skinþą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈscɪn(ː)]

  Rhymes: -ɪnː

Noun

skinn n (genitive singular skinns, nominative plural skinn)

1. skin

   Synonym: húð

2. (informal, endearing) dear little thing, poor thing

Declension

Declension of skinn (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skinn	skinnið	skinn	skinnin
accusative	skinn	skinnið	skinn	skinnin
dative	skinni	skinninu	skinnum	skinnunum
genitive	skinns	skinnsins	skinna	skinnanna

Middle English

Noun

skinn

1. alternative form of skyn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skinþą, and Old Norse skinn.

Noun

skinn n (definite singular skinnet, indefinite plural skinn, definite plural skinna or skinnene)

1. (human) skin
2. (animal) hide, fur (of a whole animal, used as a rug etc.)
3. (processed) leather

Synonyms

• (skin): hud
• (hide): hud, fell, pels
• (leather): lær

Derived terms

• ekornskinn
• fåreskinn
• helskinnet, heilskinna
• katteskinn
• skinnbukse
• skinnjakke

Etymology 2

Derived from the verb skinne

Noun

skinn n (definite singular skinnet)

1. light, shine

Derived terms

• måneskinn
• solskinn

See also

• skin (Nynorsk)

Etymology 3

Verb

skinn

1. imperative of skinne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skinn.

Noun

skinn n (definite singular skinnet, indefinite plural skinn, definite plural skinna)

1. skin
2. hide

Derived terms

• ekornskinn
• fåreskinn
• heilskinna
• kalveskinn
• katteskinn
• skinnbukse
• skinnjakke

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skinþą; from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH-

Noun

skinn n

1. skin (outer layer of an human's body)
2. hide, pelt (removed outer layer of an animal's body)

Declension

Declension of skinn (strong a-stem, singular only)

neuter	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	skinn	skinnit
accusative	skinn	skinnit
dative	skinni	skinninu
genitive	skinns	skinnsins

Descendants

• Icelandic: skinn
• Faroese: skinn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skinn; (dialectal) skjenn
• Old Swedish: skin
  • Swedish: skinn
• Danish: skind
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skinn
• → Old English: scinn, scynn
  • Middle English: skyn, schyn, scyn, skin, skinn, skinne, skynne, sckyn (Late Middle English), scin (Kent)
    • English: skin
    • Scots: skin
    • Yola: skien
• → Old Frisian: skene
• → Middle Low German: schin

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skinn, from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧɪnː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

skinn n

1. (human) skin
2. (animal) hide, fur (of a whole animal, used as a rug etc.)
3. (processed) leather

Declension

Declension of skinn

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skinn	skinns
	definite	skinnet	skinnets
plural	indefinite	skinn	skinns
	definite	skinnen	skinnens

Synonyms

• (skin): hud, hy
• (hide): hud, fäll, päls
• (leather): läder

Derived terms

• ekorrskinn
• fårskinn
• hålla sig i skinnet
• kattskinn
• klarskinn
• mullvadsskinn
• råskinn
• rödskinn
• skinn på näsan
• skinnbyxa
• skinnhandske
• skinnjacka
• skinnväst
• trumskinn
• vargskinn
• vattenskinn
• vinskinn
• åka skinnhiss

References

• “skinn”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skinn”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “skinn”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)