English Explanatory Dictionary

Skeen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Skeen Skeens

Etymology

From the Scottish Gaelic surname, from sceathan (“thorn bush”), from Proto-Celtic *skʷiyats (“hawthorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *skw-iy-h₂e-ts, from *skwey-.

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