échine

French

noun

Definitions

spinal column; backbone; spine of an animal

Etymology

Inherited from Old French eschine derived from Frankish *skina.

Origin

Frankish

*skina

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

esquina Spanish, Castilian
esquinar Spanish, Castilian
*skinō Proto-Germanic
chyne Middle English
eschine Old French
esquena Catalan, Valencian
esquina Galician
eskina Cebuano
eschine Middle French
*𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 Gothic
esquina Old Portuguese
*skina Frankish