schanke

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === schank, shank, shanke, sschanke sceonke, schonke, sconke (West Midland) === Etymology === From Old English sċanca, from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃank(ə)/, (West Midland) /ˈʃɔnk(ə)/ === Noun === schanke (plural schankes or schanken) leg, limb shank, shin leg fur ==== Descendants ==== English: shank Middle Scots: schank, schanck Scots: shank ==== References ==== “shank(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2018.