Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo walk. · To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Germanic *-ulaz Proto-Germanic *ankulaz Proto-West Germanic *ankul Old English *ancol Middle English ancle English ankle From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enkel, enklaauw, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”). Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionankelenm
- Inherited-form mentionancolang
- Cognate mentionanclefen
- Inherited-form mention*ankulgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*ankulazgem-pro · ankle
- Cognate mentionökklais
- Cognate mentionenkelnl
- Cognate mentionEnkelde
- Cognate mentionakkanon
- Cognate mentionanckelofs
- Cognate mentionenchagoh
- Cognate mention*ankijǭgem-pro · ankle, joint
- Cognate mentionअङ्गsa
- Cognate mentionangulusla
- Doublet mentionangulusen
- Doublet mentionangleen
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