English
knucklebone
From knuckle + bone.
Proto-Germanic *knukô ‘bone, joint’
Proto-Germanic *knukilaz ‘knuckle, knot, bump’
Proto-West Germanic *knukil ‘knuckle, joint, small bone’
Old English cnucel ‘the juncture of two bones’
Middle English knokel ‘finger joint’
English knuckle
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 A bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / knucklebone