shinbone

Meaning

1. The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
2. A segment of an insect's leg.

Synonyms

tibia

shin

shin bone

shankbone

cnemis

glue

ש

intersect

shank

skeleton

Translations

tibia

Schienbein

tibia

scheenbeen

tibia

tíbia

tíbia

tibia

κνήμη

stinco

κνημιαίο οστό

Schienbeine

οστό της κνήμης

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schinboon

Inherited from Old English: sċinbān

Cognate with Dutch: scheenbeen

Cognate with German: Schienbein

Cognate with Danish: skinneben

Cognate with Swedish: skenben

In summary

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”).