Where does “Schinkjen” come from?

Schinkjen (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German schinke, from Old Saxon skinka, from Proto-West Germanic skinkō, from Proto-Germanic skinkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keng- — to limp, hobble; to tilt, be askew.

Schinkjen (Plautdietsch): thigh, haunch

Definitions

  1. thigh, haunch

Ancestry of “Schinkjen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschinke—
2Old Saxonskinkaham
3Proto-West Germanicskinkōthigh, shank
4Proto-Germanicskinkôthigh; shank
5Proto-Indo-European(s)keng-to limp, hobble; to tilt, be askew

Words derived from “Schinkjen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)keng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skinkô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skinkō →