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Where does “schinkel” come from?

schinkel (Middle High German) comes from Old High German scanca.

Ancestry of “schinkel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscanca—

Words derived from “schinkel”

  • Oberschenkel
  • Schenkel
  • Oberschenkelknochen
  • Unterschenkel
  • Schenkel
  • Schenkel
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