Schinbein

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German schinebein. Equivalent to Schin +‎ Bein. Cognate with German Schienbein; compare English shinbone, Dutch scheenbeen, Swedish skenben.

Noun

Schinbein n

(Uri, anatomy) shinbone

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 18.

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