Where does “Schenkel” come from?

Schenkel (German) comes from Middle High German schenkel, from Old High German scanca.

Schenkel (German): shank; thigh; each of the two straight lines that...

Definitions

  1. shank; thigh; each of the two straight lines that...

Ancestry of “Schenkel”, step by step

Schenkel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German schenkel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschenkel—
2Old High Germanscanca—

via Middle High German schinkel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschinkel—
Every word from Old High German scanca →Every word from Middle High German schenkel →