κνήμη
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- (skeleton) shin, tibia
- spoke of a wheel
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (leg).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kónh₂m
Gloss
leg
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
脚
Emoji
🍗
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- butter-ham English
- gastrocnemius English
- ham English
- ham-fisted English
- hambeast English
- hambone English
- hamese English
- hamfat English
- hamfest English
- hamlike English
- hammy English
- hamshackle English
- hamstring English
- gastrocnēmius Latin
- γαστήρ Ancient Greek
- γαστροκνημία Ancient Greek
- κνημίς Ancient Greek
- ἀντί Ancient Greek
- ἀντικνήμιον Ancient Greek
- ὀκτάκνημος Ancient Greek
- ὀκτώ Ancient Greek
- *kónh₂m Proto-Indo-European
- *hammō Proto-Germanic
- *hamō Proto-Germanic
- ハム Japanese
- ham Old English
- hamm Old English
- hamme Middle English
- cnámh Irish
- hǫm Old Norse
- แฮม Thai
- κνήμη Greek (modern)
- ham Cebuano
- hamme Middle Dutch
- hamma Old High German
- cnáim Old Irish
- cnàimh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- craue Manx
- Ham Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *knāmis Proto-Celtic
- 햄 Korean
- knaw Middle Welsh