nape of the neck · the joint portion of the neck which joins the vertebrae (which has no regularly used English name)
çekim: çoğul Genicke · tamlayan Genicks
eş: Halswirbelsäule, Nacken
köken: From Middle High German genicke, collective of nac, nacke (whence modern Nacken). The -i- can be explained from underlying *genecke through influence of nicken (“to nod”). Alternatively, Middle High German genicke could be derived from the e-variant in Dutch nek, English neck (which is not attested in High German, however). Cognate with Hunsrik Gnick.
aile: das Genick brechen, das Genick umdrehen, Genickfang, Genickschuss, Genickstarre
Bin ich schöner? / Zerschneid mir das Gesicht / Bin ich stärker? / Brich feige mein Genick / Bin ich klüger? / Töte mich und iss mein Hirn
back of the neck, nape (compare hals) · back of the head
çekim: çoğul nackar · tamlayan nackes
köken: From Old Swedish nakke, from Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to press, pinch, buckle, kink”). Cognate with English neck.
nape, the back of the neck · girder, beam; a load-bearing horizontal support in a building, such as a floor or ceiling · the upper end of koski (“a series of small waterfalls”) (the place where the rapid flow begins)
çekim: çoğul niskat · tamlayan niskan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *niska. Cognate with Ingrian niska, Karelian niska, Veps nišk, nisk and Votic niskõ.
köken: From Old Danish nakkæ, from Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to press, pinch, buckle, kink”). Cognate with English neck.
Probably borrowed from Albanian qafë, of uncertain origin. May be cognate to Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Unrelated to Turkish kafa (“head”).