scanca

Old English

Alternative forms

• sċeanca, sċeonca

Etymology

Fom Proto-Germanic *skankô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑn.kɑ/, [ˈʃɑŋ.kɑ]

Noun

sċanca m

1. leg

Declension

Declension of scanca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċanca	sċancan
accusative	sċancan	sċancan
genitive	sċancan	sċancena
dative	sċancan	sċancum

Derived terms

• earmsċanca
• hōhsċanca

Related terms

• sċenċel
• sċenċen

Descendants

• Middle English: schanke, sconke, sceonke, schonke, shanke
  • English: shank
  • Scots: schank, schanck