schanke
Middle English
Alternative forms
- schonke, schank, shank, sschanke, sconke, sceonke, shanke
Etymology
From Old English sċanca, from Proto-Germanic *skankô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃank(ə)/, /ˈʃɔnk(ə)/
Noun
schanke (plural schankes or schanken)
- leg, limb
- shank, shin
- leg fur
Descendants
- English: shank
- Scots: schank, schanck
References
- “shank(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.