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שענקל
‘thigh, shank’

שענקל
'thigh, shank'

ETYMOLOGY

OHG scincho, scincha, MHG schinke, NHG Schinken, Yiddish שינקע (< PGmc ✱skinkan-, -ōn-); OE sc(e)anca, English shank (< PGmc ✱skankan-), NHG Schenkel < ✱schankila-; from PGmc ✱skankan- < ✱skinkō, ✱skunkᵏaz 'shank'; cf. Sanskrit sákthi, Greek σκάζω 'to limp'

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

šeŋkl̥ {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 123}