skene
‘a dagger, knife’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. skine, skeen, skeene, skien < Ir.Ga. scian ‘knife’ < Ga. sgian ‘knife’ < W. ysgien ‘a slicer’ < skiy-ena- < skeen < skei- < Tamil kappu
skene
English words derived from Tamil kappal connoting 'ship'