shinbone
English
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
- (zoology) A segment of an insect's leg.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schinboon inherited from Old English sċinbān (shinbone, shin) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą compound from English shin + English bone.
Origin
English
bone
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anklebone English
- armbone English
- backbone English
- barebone English
- bladebone English
- bonable English
- bone English
- boneache English
- bonebed English
- bonedigger English
- bonedog English
- bonedome English
- bonefish English
- bonefolder English
- bonehead English
- boneheaded English
- bonehouse English
- bonejarring English
- boneless English
- bonelet English
- bonelike English
- boner English
- boneseed English
- boneseeker English
- boneset English
- bonesetter English
- bonesetting English
- boneshaker English
- boneshaking English
- boneyard English
- bonfire English
- bony English
- breakbone English
- breastbone English
- browbone English
- cheekbone English
- chickenboner English
- collarbone English
- cuttlebone English
- debone English
- dogbone English
- dragonbone English
- earbone English
- featherbone English
- fingerbone English
- fishbone English
- footbone English
- greenbone English
- hambone English
- heelbone English
- herringbone English
- intrabone English
- jawbone English
- knitbone English
- knucklebone English
- legbone English
- marrowbone English
- neckbone English
- nonbone English
- redbone English
- ridgebone English
- ringbone English
- sharebone English
- shin English
- shinguard English
- shinless English
- shinny English
- shinplaster English
- shinsplint English
- shinsplints English
- shoulder bone English
- sidebone English
- skullbone English
- spadebone English
- tailbone English
- thighbone English
- unbone English
- underbone English
- whalebone English
- wishbone English
- wristbone English
- yellow bone English
- been Dutch, Flemish
- scheen Dutch, Flemish
- scheenbeen Dutch, Flemish
- *skinōbainą Proto-Germanic
- scinban Old English
- sċinbān Old English
- bon Middle English
- schinboon Middle English
- shyn Middle English
- schinebein Middle High German
- Bein Alemannic German
- Schin Alemannic German
- Schinbein Alemannic German
- bom Volapük
- bun Tok Pisin
- bon Torres Strait Creole
- bone
- bony
- shin
- boner
- unbone
- debone
- shinny
- earbone
- jawbone
- boneset
- armbone
- bonelet
- bonedog
- bonable
- nonbone
- redbone
- dogbone
- hambone
- legbone
- bonebed
- bonfire
- tailbone
- neckbone
- wishbone
- heelbone
- boneseed
- bonelike
- shinless
- backbone
- ringbone
- fishbone
- bonedome
- sidebone
- bonefish
- knitbone
- footbone
- boneless
- barebone
- browbone
- boneache
- bonehead
- boneyard
- whalebone
- anklebone
- shinguard
- bonehouse
- wristbone
- cheekbone
- bladebone
- breakbone
- ridgebone
- thighbone
- intrabone
- greenbone
- skullbone
- spadebone
- sharebone
- underbone
- collarbone
- marrowbone
- bonedigger
- boneshaker
- cuttlebone
- dragonbone
- fingerbone
- boneseeker
- boneheaded
- breastbone
- bonefolder
- shinsplint
- bonesetter
- featherbone
- bonejarring
- yellow bone
- shinsplints
- shinplaster
- herringbone
- bonesetting
- boneshaking
- knucklebone
- chickenboner
- shoulder bone