ginollo

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”). Found in a translation from Latin (Tractatus de proprietatibus rerum) dating to 1480 as ginollos.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒiˈnoju/
  • (Bragança, Zamora) IPA(key): /ʒiˈnoʎu/
  • (Salamanca) IPA(key): /ʒiˈnoʒu/

Noun

ginollo m

  1. knee

Descendants

  • Asturian: xinoyu
  • Mirandese: zinolho

References

  1. ^ María de las Nieves Sánchez González de Herrero, Manuscritos medievales asturiano-leoneses no literarios (from the University of Salamanca) in Lletres Asturianes nº100 (2009) Pgs.45-62
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