glùn

Gaelic (Scots)

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) knee, joint
  • lap
  • joint in a plant's stem
  • generation, race
  • step, degree in a pedigree
  • descendant

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish glún inherited from Proto-Celtic *gnūnos derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (knee).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵónu

Gloss

knee

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

膝

Emoji

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