ynojo

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *genuclum, syncopated from earlier *genuculum, variant of Late Latin geniculum, diminutive of Latin genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate to Old Galician-Portuguese gẽollo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈno.ʒo]

Noun

ynojo m (plural ynojos)

1. knee
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 33v. b.

     e / mandol el nŕo sennor q́ quádo / vinieſſe al agua q́ todos fincaſ / ſen los ynojos e beurien del / agua có las bocas como canes

     And our Lord ordered him that when he came to the water [he should separate] all those [who] kneeled their knees and those who drank from the water with their mouths like dogs.

   • Idem, f. 34r. b.

     Todos aq́llos / q́ nó fincaron los ynojos / ala ydola e todas las bocas q́ / la no beſaron […]

     All those who did not kneel their knees before the idol and all the mouths that did not kiss her […]

Descendants

• Spanish: hinojo