English
shankbone
From shank + bone.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- ‘to hobble, limp’
Proto-Germanic *skankô
Proto-West Germanic *skankō ‘thigh, shank’
Old English sċanca ‘leg’
Middle English sceonke
English shank
Proto-Germanic *bainaz ‘straight’
Proto-Germanic *bainą ‘bone, leg’
Proto-West Germanic *bain ‘bone’
Old English bān ‘bone’
Middle English bon ‘bone’
English bone
Today it means
noun Synonym of canon bone.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shankbone”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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