An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schinnen

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Schinken

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Schinnen

Schirling

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Friedrich Kluge2509643An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Schinnen1891John Francis Davis

Schinnen, plur., ‘dandruff, scurf,’ ModHG. only, from MidG. and LG.; connected with the cognates discussed under schinden; lit. ‘that which comes off in scales from the skin of the head’; hence allied to OIc. skinn (from *skinþ), ‘skin’?.