pierna
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- leg lower limb of a human
Etymology
Inherited from Latin perna (leg, a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb, haunch, clam, mussel, ham, heel, pearl, haunch of ham).
Origin
Latin
perna
Gloss
leg, a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb, haunch, clam, mussel, ham, heel, pearl, haunch of ham
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
珠
Emoji
🍗
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- perla Latin
- perna Latin
- pernarius Latin
- perula Latin
- perno Italian
- baderne French
- perle French
- perne French
- pernil Spanish, Castilian
- piernudo Spanish, Castilian
- piernón Spanish, Castilian
- ón Spanish, Castilian
- πέρνα Ancient Greek
- perna Portuguese
- pernada Portuguese
- perneta Portuguese
- pernil Portuguese
- perle Old French
- perna Galician
- pernil Galician
- perala Old High German
- perna Old Portuguese
- *persnā Proto-Italic
- pierna Asturian
- perna Kabuverdianu
- perna Guinea-Bissau Creole