Cognate Set 6464 – Meaning: thigh

IE-CoR reference form:
*kok̑s-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Romance lexemes from Latin coxa 'hip' (Meyer-Lübke 1935:212), further to PIE *kok̑s-h₂- 'limb, joint' (de Vaan 2008:140).
Found in clades:
Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 16 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
125   Romanian coapsă co̯apsə co̯apsə
128   Neapolitan coscia ˈkɔʃʃə ˈkɔʃʃə
129   Italian coscia ˈkɔʃʃa ˈkɔʃʃa
130   Friulian cuesse ˈkwɛsɛ ˈkwɛse
131   Ladin cuessa ˈkue̯sa
135   Anglo-Norman cuisse
136   French cuisse kɥis kɥis
139   Franco-Provençal kouésse ˈkwesɵ̞ ˈkuesø
141   Catalan cuixa ˈkujʃə ˈkujʃə
142   Old Spanish coxa ˈkoʃa
144   Portuguese coxa ˈkoʃɐ ˈkoʃɐ
133   Sardinian: Nuoro coscia ˈkɔʃa ˈkɔʃa
134   Sardinian: Logudoro coscia ˈkoʃa ˈkoʃa
138   Old Occitan cuissa
140   Old Catalan cuixa kuʃə kuʃə
145   Portuguese: Brazilian coxa
References
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm: 212
    S.v. 2292 Lat. coxa 'Hüfte'.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 140
    S.v. Lat. coxa 'hip of a human, haunch of an animal', from PIE *kok̑s-h₂- 'limb, joint' (cf. OIr. coss 'foot', Skt. kákṣa-, Av. kaša- 'armpit', ToB kakse 'midriff loins').
  • von Wartburg, Walther: 2:1260
    S.v. Lat. coxa 'hip' > Fr. cuisse