shinbone

Etymology

Comes from Middle English schinboon, schineboon, which developed from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, matching shin plus bone. It is a cognate of Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”) and Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).