English
foreshank
From fore- + shank.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
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
Today it means
noun The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreshank