Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ankulazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ankulaz
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Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 4)RickDerksenBrill2008Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008ἀγκύλοςcrooked, curved*h₂eng-joint; to bendangulusangle, cornerअङ्गुरिfinger, toe*h₂enk-curve, bend*ǫgъlъcorner, angle
nounmasculinea-stemankle; the joint between the foot and lower legProbably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éng-ul-(o)-, an l-formation from root *h₂eng-Kroonen 2013: 29. The semantic development was presumably ‘bend, angle’ > ‘joint’ > ‘ankle’. Close cognates include Latin angulus < *h₂eng-(e)lo-, Sanskrit अङ्गुरि < *h₂eng-ul-i-, and Proto-Slavic *ǫgъlъ, which Derksen likewise derives from *h₂eng-de Vaan 2008: 42–43Derksen 2008: 385–86Kroonen 2013: 29. Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος is not an exact cognate: it reflects the related voiceless-root formation *h₂enkulós from *h₂enk-, which regularly yielded Proto-Germanic *angulaz through Grimm's and Verner's laws Ringe 2017: 123–24. The voiced root *h₂eng- may itself have arisen from *h₂enk- by assimilation of the stop to the preceding nasal, though the relationship between the two variants remains uncertain de Vaan 2008: 42–43.