gnyk
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Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Per Bańkowski, inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъmykъ.[1] Brückner proposes a borrowing from German Genick (“nape”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gnyk m inan
- (archaic, anatomy) hyoid bone
- Synonym: kość gnykowa
Declension[edit]
Declension of gnyk
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
verb
- gnykować impf
Related terms[edit]
noun
References[edit]
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “gnyk”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gnyk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
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