skink
English
/skɪŋk/
noun
Definitions
- (Scotland) A shin of beef.
- (chiefly) A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
- (chiefly) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German schink inherited from *skinkō (thigh, that which is bent, shank) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (limp, be crooked, slant, walk lamely).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)keng-
Gloss
limp, be crooked, slant, walk lamely
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- skinker English
- underskinker English
- kinkku Finnish
- scincus Latin
- Schinken German
- sonka Hungarian
- beschenken Dutch, Flemish
- geschenk Dutch, Flemish
- inschenken Dutch, Flemish
- schenken Dutch, Flemish
- schenker Dutch, Flemish
- schenking Dutch, Flemish
- skink Dutch, Flemish
- verschenken Dutch, Flemish
- volschenken Dutch, Flemish
- шинка Russian
- σχάζω Ancient Greek
- *(s)keng- Proto-Indo-European
- *skankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *skankijô Proto-Germanic
- *skankô Proto-Germanic
- *skinkô Proto-Germanic
- skinka Swedish
- skinke Danish
- šunka Czech
- šunka Serbo-Croatian
- шунка Serbo-Croatian
- skinka Icelandic
- șuncă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- schenken Middle Dutch
- scinco Old High German
- skinca Old High German
- шунка Bulgarian
- schinke Middle High German
- Schank Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- scinc Middle French
- *skinkō gmw-pro
- שינקן Hebrew (modern)
- *kanxsman Proto-Celtic
- *kanxsman-, *kengeti Proto-Celtic
- *kengeti Proto-Celtic
- schink Middle Low German
- schinke Middle Low German
- шунка Macedonian
- шинка Ukrainian
- skinka Old Saxon
- šunka Slovene
- шѧга Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- schinke Low German
- *skə́ďďō Proto-Hellenic
- šunkhn Gottscheerish