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English meaning                      knee-cup, heel

German meaning                     `Kniekehle oder Ferse'

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Material                                   Ai. kaŋkāla- m. n. `Knochen, Gerippe';

                anord. (*hanha-) in hā-mōt m. `Sprunggelenk, Fersengelenk', hā-sin f. `Kniesehne des Hinterbeins bei Tieren, Fersensehne beim Menschen', ags. hōh-sinu f., afries. hō-sene `Fersensehne', ags. hōh `Ferse' (*hanha-), anord. hǣll `Ferse' (*hanhila-), ags. hēla m. `Ferse';

                lit. kenklė̃ `Kniekehle', kìnka `ds., Hachse', lett. cinksla `Sehne in der Kniebeuge'.

References                              WP. I 401.

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