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.