loin
English
/lɔɪn/
noun
Definitions
- The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
- Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English loyne borrowed from Old French loigne derived from Latin lumbus (loin) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (land, heath, cook food, kidney, loin, loins, waist, expand, penetrate, enter, cook).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lendʰ-
Gloss
land, heath, cook food, kidney, loin, loins, waist, expand, penetrate, enter, cook
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
炊
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cloth English
- elumbated English
- eye English
- loincloth English
- loinclothed English
- loineye English
- loinskin English
- lumbar English
- skin English
- strip English
- striploin English
- tender English
- tenderloin English
- elumbis Latin
- lumbus Latin
- Lende German
- Lendenschurz German
- lombo Italian
- lombo- Italian
- lende Dutch, Flemish
- lendendoek Dutch, Flemish
- lendenwervel Dutch, Flemish
- лядвея Russian
- alomado Spanish, Castilian
- deslomar Spanish, Castilian
- lomo Spanish, Castilian
- lumbar Spanish, Castilian
- *lendhw- Proto-Indo-European
- *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lendʰwos Proto-Indo-European
- *landijō Proto-Germanic
- *landinō Proto-Germanic
- *landwīn Proto-Germanic
- *landą Proto-Germanic
- *landį̄ Proto-Germanic
- länd Swedish
- lendenu Old English
- रन्धयति Sanskrit
- lende Middle English
- lendes Middle English
- loyne Middle English
- *lędina Proto-Slavic
- *lędvьja Proto-Slavic
- *lędvьje Proto-Slavic
- *lęděninъ Proto-Slavic
- loigne Old French
- llom Catalan, Valencian
- lomo Cebuano
- lenden Middle Dutch
- lann Old Irish
- lende Middle High German
- lombo Old Portuguese
- *landā Proto-Celtic
- länd Old Swedish
- *lonðwos Proto-Italic
- llombu Asturian
- lomo Chavacano