the ham of the knee, the hough, the hock · the knee
çekim: çoğul poplitēs · tamlayan poplitis
eş: suffrāgō
köken: Uncertain; proposed derivations include: * From Proto-Indo-European *pal- (“to feel, touch, shake”), a root common to Latin papiliō (“butterfly”) and palpō (“to touch softly”). * From Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂. Cognates include English wheel, Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “wheel”) and Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”). For the semantic shift compare Spanish rodilla…
hough, poplit, ham (the region back of the knee joint) · hock of a quadruped's hind leg
çekim: çoğul sofraxes
köken: Attested since the 18th century. From Late Latin suffragō (“hough, ham”), from sub- + *frāgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (“rump, hock, hindquarters”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack, split”). Catalan sofraja.