kulkšnis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kulˀk-. Per Derksen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to turn”).

Cognates include Bulgarian кълка (kǎlka), Macedonian колк (kolk) and Serbo-Croatian кук.

Noun

kulkšnis m

1. ankle

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) “kulkšnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262: “It seems plausible to me that the basic root is kʷelh₁ - 'turn'.”