tornecelo

Galician

Alternative forms

  • tornacelo, tornocelo

Etymology

From Middle Galician tormezelo, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from *turmo (bulk, swelling) + -celo, from a substrate language.[1] Cognate with Portuguese tornozelo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toɾneˈθelo̝/, (western) /toɾneˈselo̝/

Noun

tornecelo m (plural tornecelos)

  1. ankle
    Synonyms: artello, nocello, noelo, nortello, toucelo
  • tormelo

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “tobillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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