Etymology

shoulder blade

Today it means: Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder. Full definition →

Middle English schuldre blad ← Old English *sċuldorblæd ← Proto-West Germanic *skuldrublad
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skuldrublad
  2. Old English · inherited from*sċuldorblæd
  3. Middle English · inherited fromschuldre blad
  4. English todayshoulder blade

From Middle English schuldre blad, from Old English *sċuldorblæd, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldrublad.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.