Etymograph

English

ramskin

From ram + skin.

A compound of ram + skin

Proto-Germanic *rammaz

Old English ramm

Middle English ram ‘male sheep, ram’

English ram

Proto-Indo-European *sken- ‘to split off’

Proto-Germanic *skinþą ‘animal hide’

Old Norse skinn ‘animal hide’

Old English scinn ‘a skin’

Middle English skyn ‘a hide’

English skin

Today it means

noun The skin of a ram.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ramskin”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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