shin
English
/ʃɪn/
noun
Definitions
- The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone:
- A fishplate for a railway.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English shyn inherited from Old English scinu inherited from Proto-Germanic *skinō (plate, rim, piece, shinbone).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skinō
Gloss
plate, rim, piece, shinbone
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bone English
- guard English
- plaster English
- shinbone English
- shinguard English
- shinless English
- shinny English
- shinplaster English
- shinsplint English
- shinsplints English
- splint English
- splints English
- Schiene German
- Schienenersatzverkehr German
- Schienenwolf German
- Stromschiene German
- schienen German
- fondoschiena Italian
- schiena Italian
- schienale Italian
- schienare Italian
- schienuto Italian
- breedscheenjuffer Dutch, Flemish
- scheen Dutch, Flemish
- scheenbeen Dutch, Flemish
- schenenschopper Dutch, Flemish
- ши́на Russian
- шина Russian
- esquina Spanish, Castilian
- esquinar Spanish, Castilian
- skinne Norwegian Bokmål
- *skinō Proto-Germanic
- szyna Polish
- scinu Old English
- sċinu Old English
- schinboon Middle English
- shyn Middle English
- šina Serbo-Croatian
- шина Serbo-Croatian
- esquena Catalan, Valencian
- esquina Galician
- eskina Cebuano
- schene Middle Dutch
- skina Old High German
- schine Middle High German
- *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- *skinu gmw-pro
- *skina Old Dutch
- esquina Old Portuguese
- Schine Alemannic German
- *skina Frankish
- skina lng