ركبة

knee

elbow

knee joint

γόνατο

genolh

çog

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ruk.ba/

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.

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