PROTO: *ɦanka
MEANING: 1 leg, paw (of animal) 2 leg (human) 3 hip 4 buttock
BZK: anka 1
GIP: anka 1
ANV: anka 1
BNV: hanka 3
LAB: hanka 2, 3
BZT: anka 1
ZBR: anka 3
RNC: anka 4
COMMENTS: Often thought to be of Germanic origin: cf. MHG hanke 'Schenkel, Hüfte' > Fr. hanche, It., Sp. anca 'haunch', etc. "The absence of [the change of *-nk- > -ng-] points to a rather late borrowing" (Trask). However, the meanings (esp. in BZK, GIP, ANV) are quite different from 'haunch'.
