fianco

See also: fianĉo

Italian

Etymology

From Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible", "to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”), see also Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle High German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”).

Noun

fianco m (plural fianchi)

  1. flank
  2. haunch

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