English
heelbone
From heel + bone.
Proto-Indo-European *kenk- ‘to feel hunger’
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Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz ‘heel (of the foot)’
Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō
Old English hēla ‘heel (of the foot)’
Middle English hele
English heel
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 The bone of the heel; the calcaneus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heelbone