holeň

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See also: holen

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech holen, from Proto-Slavic *golěnь,[1] probably from *golъ (naked, bare, bald) as “a naked/bald bone”.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

holeň f

  1. shin

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “holeň”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • holeň”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • holeň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • holeň”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)