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Skin

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means the natural outer covering of the body
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Stage 1 of 2
skinn
Old Norse · medieval
"an animal hide"
an animal's hide, later the covering of the human body
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Stage 2 of 2
skin
English · 1200s
"the outer covering of the body"
settled as the standard English word for the body's outer covering
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