Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščikokoltъka

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Unknown origin. By surface analysis, *ščikokolt- +‎ *-ъka.

• Per Shaposhnikov: From *ščekolota +‎ *-ъka, from *ščekal- +‎ *-ota, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kekkal- ~ *kokkal- (“bone”). Cognates include Bulgarian ко́кал (kókal, “bone”), Aromanian cócalã, Greek κόκαλο (kókalo, “bone; shoehorn”), Ancient Greek κόκκᾰλος (kókkalos, “pine kernel”).
• Per Chernykh: Russian щи́колотка (ščíkolotka) possibly comes from *щи́калотка (*ščíkalotka), from *щи́калоть (*ščíkalotʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka), from *щи́кала (*ščíkala) +‎ -оть (-otʹ), which may be related to dialectal Russian чика́лка (čikálka, “stick; lapta”), from Russian чи́кать (číkatʹ, “to beat with stick”).

*ščikokoltъka f

1. (East Slavic, anatomy) ankle

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: шчы́калатка (ščýkalatka)
  • Russian: щи́колотка (ščíkolotka); щи́колка (ščíkolka), щи́колоток m (ščíkolotok) (dialectal, obsolete)
  • Ukrainian: щи́колотка (ščýkolotka); щи́колодка (ščýkolodka), щи́колоток m (ščýkolotok), чи́колоток m (čýkolotok), чи́колодок m (čýkolodok), чи́колонок m (čýkolonok) (dialectal)

• Vasmer, Max (1973) “щи́колка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 507