flanc

Old French

/flank/

noun

Definitions

side; flank anatomy, side of a person

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hlanka derived from Proto-Germanic *hlankō (curve, bend, hip, flank).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hlankō

Gloss

curve, bend, hip, flank

Concept

Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

曲

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

flank English
flank steak English
flanker English
outflank English
lonkka Finnish
fianco Italian
flanc French
flanco Spanish, Castilian
flanco Portuguese
*hlankaz Proto-Germanic
*hlankō Proto-Germanic
flanc Old English
flanc Middle English
flianc Norman
*hlanca Frankish
*hlanka Frankish