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): /toɾneˈθɛlʊ/, (western) /toɾneˈsɛlʊ/

Noun

tornecelo m (plural tornecelos)

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

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tobillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos