genoly

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• dzenou (Beaujolais)
• genau (Old Bressan)
  • zheno, renô (Bressan)
• genouz pl (Old Dauphinois)
• dzènà (Fribourgeois)
• dzenaou (Valdôtain)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin genuculum.

Noun

genoly m (plural genolys) (ORB, broad)

1. knee

References

• genou in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• genoly in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 162: “il ginocchio; le ginocchia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 638: “genou, genoux” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “genŭcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 112