skinded

[Mark Odegard]

Peter A. McGraw:
>How about "drounded"?
>
>>Benjamin Barrett:
>>Does anyone know the derivation or a rule for skinded (skinned) as
>>in light-skinded?

For 'drounded', it's analogy:

sounded, rounded, founded, pounded, astounded, etc.

I've never heard 'skinded'. It sounds to me something a child might say,
along with 'he dided it' (instead of 'did it'). This too could be analogy,
on winded, minded, etc, but I don't think so.



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