English
Schenkel
Schenkel comes from German Schenkel ‘each of the two main parts of a leg’, and goes back to Middle High German schenkel.
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schenkel
- Germanc. 1650–presentSchenkel‘each of the two main parts of a leg’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schenkel
- Germanc. 1650–presentSchenkel‘each of the two main parts of a leg’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Middle High German schenkel
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle High German schenkel / Schenkel