shrine

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)ker-“to turn, bend”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromscrīnium“reliquary”
3. Old English · inherited fromscrīn“reliquary, ark of the covenant”
4. Middle English · inherited fromshryne
5. English todayshrine

From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”), “case or chest for books or papers” in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein).

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