Enkel
German (Berlin)
[ˈɛŋkl̩]
noun
Definitions
- grandchild
- grandson
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German enikel inherited from Old High German *eninkil inherited from Proto-Germanic *aninkilaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (on, up, ancestor, onto, on high, old woman).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂en-
Gloss
on, up, ancestor, onto, on high, old woman
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
上
Emoji
☝️ 👆️ 👍️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Enkelin German
- Enkelkind German
- Kind German
- Urenkel German
- ἀνά Ancient Greek
- *h₂en- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European
- *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *an Proto-Germanic
- *ana Proto-Germanic
- *aninkilaz Proto-Germanic
- *anô Proto-Germanic
- upp á Old Norse
- *na Proto-Slavic
- *ǫda Proto-Slavic
- *eninkil Old High German
- հան Old Armenian
- enikel Middle High German
- Enkelin Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ane Albanian
- אור־אייניקל Yiddish
- אייניקל Yiddish
- *kr̥náwti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ní Proto-Indo-Iranian