ركبة

Betekenis (Engels)

knee

Vertalings

Knie

knee

genoll

γόνατο

rodilla

knie

genu

genou

ginocchio

joelho

diz

genolh

çog

Kniegelenk

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ruk.ba/

Etimologie (Engels)

Perhaps from Proto-Semitic *rukba- (“knee”), metathetic form of Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”), whence also the root ب ر ك (b r k). Ehret (1995) derives this word from Proto-Afroasiatic *ruk- (“to bend”) instead.