LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

skīna

*skīna f (oblique *skīnam)

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionspine, ridge (of an animal)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative/sˈkina//sˈkinas/

Origins

Borrowed from either Frankish *skina, Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina), or Lombardic *skina.

Elsewhere
  • Italianschiena
  • Catalanesquena
  • Occitanesquelana
  • Occitanesquina
  • Piedmonteseschina
  • Old Frencheschine
  • Venetanschina
West Iberian
  • Portugueseesquinafrom Old Galician-Portuguese esquina
  • Spanishesquinafrom Old Spanish esquina
  • Sardinianschinafrom Old Spanish esquina
  • Asturianesquina
  • Galicianesquinafrom Old Galician-Portuguese esquina
Old French
  • Frenchéchinefrom Middle French eschine
  • Englishchinefrom Middle English chyne

Quick answers

What does skīna mean in Latin?
skīna, a noun, means “spine, ridge (of an animal)”.