Etymology · Proto-West Germanic
*skinu
2 English words descend from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, most common first.
- shinThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- skeinA quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.