ɪt mˌeɪhɐv bɪkˌʌm ɐ nˈɪkneɪm ɪnðə plˈʊɹɹəl, mˈiːnɪŋ bˈoʊnz ɔːɹ lˈɔŋ lˈɛɡz sˌiːˈɛf. mˈɑːdɚn dʒˈɜːmən bˈeɪn, ˈɔːlsoʊ mˈiːnɪŋ bˈoʊθ "bˈoʊn" ænd "lˈɛɡ".
It may have become a nickname in the plural, meaning 'bones' or '[long-]legs' (cf. modern German Bein, also meaning both "bone" and "leg").