Etymology

shinbone

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Today it means: The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee Full definition →

Middle English schinboon ← Old English sċinbān ← Proto-West Germanic *skinubain
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skinōbainą
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skinubain
  3. Old English · inherited fromsċinbān“shin, shinbone”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromschinboon
  5. English todayshinbone

From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).

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