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Schinken
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German
Etymology
From de gmh schinke, from de goh scinco, from de gmw-pro *skinkō, from de gem-pro *skinkô, gmw-pro *skinkō shank; thigh. In the sense “tome” originally student slang (18th c.), from the use of pigskin leather to bind such books.
Related to nds-de Schinken (also: de skinken, de sschinken Westphalian; linguistic spelling; accusative) dum schenke shin, hough, ham, enm schench thigh; leg, dialectal en skink a shin of beef, also en shank lower part of the leg.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃɪŋkən/ [ˈʃɪŋkŋ̩]
de De-Schinken.ogg
de De-Schinken2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Schinken3.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Schin ken
Noun
m
ham, pork from the hindquarter
de 1803 Neues Kochbuch für bürgerliche Haushaltungen, oder Anweisung zur Zubereitung einer gesunden und schmackhaften Hausmannskost, [...] Coburg 62 Einen Schinken gut zu backen. wällt ihn nach der Form des Schinken aus, Wenn der der Schinken abgetrocknet ist,
de colloquial hams, buttocks
de Oberschenkel
de colloquial often derogatory old tome or painting
de Ölschinken (large) oil painting
Declension
m
Derived terms
de Lachsschinken Ölschinken
Descendants
1 be шынка
1 bg шунка
1 cs šunka
1 eo ŝinko
1 et sink
1 hu sonka
1 lv šķiņķis
1 mk шунка
1 pl szynka
1 ro șuncă
1 ru шинка regional
1 sh šunka / sh шунка
1 sk šunka
1 sl šunka
1 uk шинка
1 yi שינקע via a Slavic borrowing
Further reading
de
de Meats Painting Books