An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schinden

by Friedrich Kluge

Schinden, verb, ‘to skin, flay,’ from Middle High German schinden, ‘to skin, peel, ill-treat severely,’ Old High German scintan; a denominative from a lost Old High German *scind, neuter, ‘hide, skin,’ which may be assumed in Old High German from Old Icelandic skinn (see Schinne), neuter, ‘skin, hide, fur, leather.’ English skin, from Middle English skinne (Anglo-Saxon scinn), is borrowed from Scandinavian, since Anglo-Saxon sci, sči, must have become shi in Modern English Gothic *skinþa-, from pre-Teutonic skénto-, has not yet been found in the non-Teutonic languages.