Proto-Basque: *ɦanka
Meaning: 1 leg, paw (of animal) 2 leg (human) 3 hip 4 buttock
Bizkaian: anka 1
Gipuzkoan: anka 1
High Navarrese: anka 1
Low Navarrese: hanka 3
Lapurdian: hanka 2, 3
Baztanese: anka 1
Zuberoan: anka 3
Roncalese: anka 4
Comments: Often thought to be of Germanic origin: cf. MHG hanke 'Schenkel, Hüfte' > Fr. hanche, It., Sp. anca 'haunch', etc. "The absence of [the change of *-nk- > -ng-] points to a rather late borrowing" (Trask). However, the meanings (esp. in BZK, GIP, ANV) are quite different from 'haunch'.
