ankle

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

Verb

1. (slang) To walk.
2. To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

Sînonîm

talus

tarsus

joint

ankle bone

anklebone

ankle joint

articulatio talocruralis

heel

mortise joint

lower leg

swift

walk

🚶

wrist

Achilles tendon

malleolus

talocrural

pastern joint

talocrural joint

astragalus

foot

🦶

footsore

hill

instep

joints

knee

knuckle

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ˈæŋ.kəl/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”).
Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.