ankle English · revision 13581

− It is [[inh|ang|anclēow]] (before 800), replaced in Middle English by forms from Old Norse (Old Icelandic ǫkkla, from *ankulan),^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998)^(Hoad 1986) cognate with Old High German anchal, enkil, Dutch enkel and German Enkel.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) They go back to an Indo-European root meaning to bend, also in Latin angulus, corner (see [[angle]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) The second part of anclēow may be a folk-etymological claw, or due to cnēow, knee, or a diminutive suffix.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)