skeleton (bones of an organism) · skeleton (undead) · a very thin person
çekim: çoğul esqueletos
eş: cavername, corpo-seco, ossada
zıt: gordo, baleia, rolha de poço, hipopótamo, obeso
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκελλώ (skellṓ, “to dry, to dry up, to make dry, to parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skele- (“to parch, to wither”).
skeleton (system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals) · skeleton, frame, framework (central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure) · moral backbone (inner strength, integrity, and conviction to uphold ethical principles and standards, especially when facing difficult situations or opposition)
çekim: çoğul kośćce · tamlayan kośćca
eş: szkielet, układ szkieletowy, istota rzeczy, rdzeń
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *kȍstь Old Polish kość Polish kość Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ikas Proto-Slavic *-ьcь Polish -ec Polish -iec Polish kościec From kość + -iec.
köken: kehä + -o; inspired by Estonian keha (“body”). Coined by Finnish linguist Hannes Teppo in 1945 (or, according to Häkkinen (2004), by professor Niilo Pesonen) in cooperation with Lääketieteen sanastolautakunta (Medical Terminology Board), as a word specifically for an alive body, as the term ruumis could (and still can) refer to an alive or a dead human body.
skeleton (the system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals)
çekim: çoğul kostry · tamlayan kostry
eş: kostlivec
köken: Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl in the 19th century. Králik explains the word as a coinage modeled on other Slavic languages, where formally similar terms occur but with different meanings (cf. Russian костёр (kostjór), костра (kostra), Polish kostra), which are derived from Proto-Slavic *kostra, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kostь (“bone”). Both Králik and Rejzek additionally connect the formation…
build, physique, constitution (a person's physique) · temper, character, type (a person's temperament)
çekim: çoğul alkatok
köken: From obsolete alk (“to match, fit; to reach an agreement, make a deal”) + -at (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.