gnyk
Polish
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Etymology
editUncertain. Per Bańkowski, inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъmykъ.[1] Brückner proposes a borrowing from German Genick (“nape”).[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgnyk m inan
- (archaic, anatomy) hyoid bone
- Synonym: kość gnykowa
Declension
editDeclension of gnyk
Derived terms
editadjective
verb
- gnykować impf
Related terms
editnoun
References
edit- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “gnyk”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gnyk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Further reading
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- pl:Skeleton
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