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Middle English: shanke
Old English: scanca
Old English: sceanca

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Etymology of the English word shank

the English word shank

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *skanka-

Derivations in English

shanks's pony, foreshank, greenshank, redshank, shankpiece, spindleshanks

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