shinbone
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shinbone
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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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noun inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
| Español | tibia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정강이뼈 jeonggang'ippyeo, 경골 gyeonggol |
| 日本語 | 脛骨 keikotsu |
| 中文 | 脛骨 /胫骨 jìnggǔ |
| Português | tíbia |
| Français | tibia |
| Deutsch | Schienbein |
| Italiano | tibia |
| Română | tibia, fluier |
| Русский | большеберцо́вая кость bolʹšebercóvaja kostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | xương chày, xương ống chân |
| العربية | قَصَبَة qaṣaba |
| עברית | שוֹקָה shoká |
Talk about this word "shinbone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shinbone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shinbone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shinbone "shinbone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shinbone.Cite this
@misc{shinbone_2026,
title = {shinbone},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shinbone},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
