schanke

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sceonke, schank, schonke, sconke, shank, shanke, sschanke

Etymology

From Old English sċanca, from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃank(ə)/, /ˈʃɔnk(ə)/

Noun

schanke (plural schankes or schanken)

1. leg, limb
2. shank, shin
3. leg fur

Descendants

• English: shank
• Scots: schank, schanck

References

• “shank(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.