genuculum

Latin

Etymology

Modification of earlier geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”). Attested from the fourth century CE.

Noun

genuculum n (genitive genuculī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. knee

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	genuculum	genucula
genitive	genuculī	genuculōrum
dative	genuculō	genuculīs
accusative	genuculum	genucula
ablative	genuculō	genuculīs
vocative	genuculum	genucula

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: dzinuclju, dzenuclju, dzãnuclju n
  • Istro-Romanian: jeruncľu
  • Megleno-Romanian: zinucľu, zănucľu
  • Romanian: genunchi
• Dalmatian:
  • denacle, zenacle (plural)
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: ghjinochju, dinochju, vinochju

    Gallurese: ghinocchiu

  • Italian: ginocchio, ginocchia
  • Neapolitan: denucchio
  • Sicilian: ginocchiu, dinocchiu, jinocchiu
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: znòcc
    • Ligurian: zenóggio, znugio
    • Lombard: zeneugg, zenuegg, genoeugg, genoeucc, zenocc, zenoeucc, zenöcc, zenögg, genocc
    • Piedmontese: ginoj, znoj, znocc (eastern)
    • Romagnol: znòcc
  • Friulian: zenoli, genoli
  • Istriot: zanucio
  • Romansch: schanugl, schnuogl (Puter, Vallader)
  • Venetan: zenocio
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: genoly, dzenou (Beaujolais), genau (Old Bressan), zheno, renô (Bressan), genouz pl (Old Dauphinois), dzènà (Fribourgeois), dzenaou (Valdôtain)
  • Old French: genoil, genoill
    • Bourguignon: genô
    • French: genou
    • Norman:

      Guernsey Norman: genouaï

      Jersey Norman: g'nou, genou

      Sark: jnu

    • Walloon: djno, djino
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: genoyll
    • Catalan: genoll, ginoll, jonoll
  • Gascon: jolh, nolh
  • Occitan: genolh, ginolh

    Limousin: genuelh, januelh

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Navarro-Aragonese: genollo
    • Aragonese: chenullo, chinullo, chinollo
  • Old Leonese: [Term?]
    • Asturian: xenoyu, xinoyu
    • Mirandese: zinolho
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: gẽolho, gẽollo
    • Galician: xeonllo, xeollo, xoello, xollo, xonllo, joelho (reintegrationist)
    • Portuguese: joelho
  • Old Spanish: ynojo
    • Spanish: hinojo
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:

    Campidanese: genugu, gianugu, giunugu

    Logudorese: benuju, brenugu, genugu

    Nuorese: ghenucru, brenucu, denucru

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “hinojo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 366