Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golěnь

Etymology
Normally associated to, from. If so, the original meaning would have been “bare bone”, per Brückner, perhaps in reference to the lack of muscles on the front of the shinbone.

An origin from 🇨🇬 also possible, semantically analogous to 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬. Akin terms in that case would be 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Berneker and Mladenov also suggest distant relation to 🇨🇬, possibly from 🇨🇬. Rejected on phonetic ground by Trubachev (ESSJa).

Noun

 * 1) shinbone
 * 2)  shank, crus lower part of the leg between the knee and the ankle
 * 3)  lower leafless part of tree crown (between the trunk and the true crown)
 * 1)  lower leafless part of tree crown (between the trunk and the true crown)

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