roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun
çekim: çoğul chignons
eş: tignon
köken: Spelled chaengnon around the 12th century with the meaning of nape; same Latin root as chaîne, i.e. catēna, perhaps via reconstructed Vulgar Latin *catēniōnem. The evolution of the meaning from “chain” to “nape” is unclear: a chain of bones (see Czech páteř for a similar evolution) or metonymical, where a chain would rest (see col, collier). The modern sense dates back from the middle of the 18th…
a knot, bun (of hair), skein · the top or crest (with messy branches) of certain woody plants, notably willows · a flax seed box
çekim: çoğul knotten
köken: From Middle Dutch cnudde, Old Dutch *knotto, from Proto-Germanic *knuttan-, *knuttô. Related to knod, English knot, West Frisian knotte, Middle High German Knotze, German Knoten, Danish knude, Norwegian knute, Swedish knut, etc.
Galiçyacacaramiñola, caroucho, chicho, moucha, rodela, rodo (dişil) /roˈðɛla̝/
wheel or crown made of cloth or straw which is used as a cushion in between the head and a load · a cushion used to protect the head and neck of oxen when joked · a similarly formed wheel of straw used as weight on top of a haystack, or as a cushion for placing objects on an irregular surface
çekim: çoğul rodelas
köken: From Late Latin rotella (“little wheel”). Cognate with Portuguese rodela and Spanish rodilla.