joelho
Portuguese
/ʒu.ˈe.ʎu/, /ˈʒwɐ.ʎu/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) knee
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese gẽollo inherited from Latin *genuclum, geniculum, genū (knee) inherited 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
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *genuc(u)lum, *genuculum Latin
- *genuclum Latin
- *genuculum Latin
- *ingenuclāre Latin
- *ingenuclō Latin
- aggeniculor Latin
- geniculum Latin
- genū Latin
- ginocchio Italian
- γνύξ Ancient Greek
- γωνία Ancient Greek
- *oḱtṓw Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵnéwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵónu Proto-Indo-European
- *knewą Proto-Germanic
- *knussijaną Proto-Germanic
- genoil Old French
- xeonlleira Galician
- xeonllo Galician
- genunchi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gẽollo Old Portuguese
- *genwā Proto-Celtic
- *glūnos Proto-Celtic
- *gnūnos Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́ā́nu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- dzinuclju Aromanian
- *genū Proto-Italic
- schanugl Romansh
- schnuogl Romansh
- zenoli Friulian
- genolh Old Occitan
- ynojo Old Spanish
- *gluna Proto-Albanian
- zenóggio Ligurian
- denacle Dalmatian
- duedju Kabuverdianu
- ghenugru Sardinian
- zanucio Istriot
- *gónu Proto-Hellenic
- ghjinochju Corsican
- djudju Guinea-Bissau Creole
- 𒄀𒉡 Hittite
- *kenwäi Proto-Tocharian
- zinucľu Megleno-Romanian
- ghinocchiu Gallurese