perna

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • A haunch or ham together with the leg, gammon.
  • (of animals) A thigh-bone, with the meat upon it to the knee-joint, a leg of pork, a ham or gammon of bacon.
  • a kind of mussel

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *persnā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂ (heel).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tpḗrsneh₂

Gloss

heel

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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