nacke

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) nape; the back of the neck
  • (anatomy) the back of the head

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish nakke inherited from Old Norse hnakki inherited from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (nape, neck) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (neck, nape, back of the head), *ken- (ashes, dust, new, fresh, begin, pinch, scratch, press, cut, kink, buckle, arise, rub, bend, scrape).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ken-

Gloss

ashes, dust, new, fresh, begin, pinch, scratch, press, cut, kink, buckle, arise, rub, bend, scrape

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

始

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