shin

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
2. A fishplate for a railway

Verb

1. To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.
2. To strike with the shin.
3. (slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

Concepten

scheen

scheenbeen

tibia

Synonyms

shank

lower leg

leg

🦵

tibia

shinbone

shin bone

shinny

climb

calf

scramble

foreleg

sputter

struggle

clamber

skin

shankbone

climb on

handle of pot

front of lower leg

one’s weak point

joint plate

patch plate

ascend

splice plate

climb up

crus

defect

escalade

fish plate

foot

🦶

halt

legs

limb

scale

shin-bone

suddenly

swarm

tired

😫

calf of leg

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʃɪn/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: schyne

Inherited from Oudengels: scinu

Cognate with Fries: skine

Cognate with Nederlands: scheen

Cognate with Duits: Schiene

In summary

From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.