Schine

See also: schine

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German schine, from Old High German skina (“bar, track”), from Proto-Germanic *skinō (“plate, rim, piece, shinbone”). Cognate with German Schiene (“rail, rack, splint, frame”), Dutch scheen (“shin”), English shin.

Noun

Schine f

1. (Uri) splinter

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 35.