Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἐγχέλιοι (Enkhélioi), an Illyrian tribe.

• Rhymes: -el

Enkel m (definite Enkeli)

1. a male given name from Illyrian

• Kostallari, Androkli et al., editors (1982), “Enkél, -i”, in Fjalor me emra njerëzish [Dictionary of personal names] (in Albanian), Tirana: 8 Nëntori, page 151
• Marina Dražić, Ivana Antić, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 24b

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛŋkl̩]

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From Middle High German enkel, from Old High German enkil, enchil, Proto-West Germanic *ankil, *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”). Cognate with Dutch enkel, English ankle.

Enkel m (strong, genitive Enkels, plural Enkel)

1. (anatomy, regional, Northwestern Germany) ankle

   Synonym: Fußknöchel

From Middle High German enikel, enenkel, eninkel, from Old High German *eninkil (attested only in diminutive Old High German eniklīn), from Proto-Germanic *aninkilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“ancestor”).

Enkel m (strong, genitive Enkels, plural Enkel, feminine Enkelin)

1. grandchild
2. grandson

• Enkelkind
• Enkelsohn
• Enkeltochter
• Urenkel

• “Enkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Enkel (Kind, Nachfahre)” in Duden online
• “Enkel (Knöchel)” in Duden online

From Middle Low German enkel, ankel, from Old Saxon enkel, ankel, from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.

Enkel m (plural Enkels) (German Low German)

1. (anatomy) ankle

• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋkel/, [ˈæŋkəl]

From Middle High German enkel, from Old High German ankala, from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.

Enkel m (plural Enkelen)

1. ankle

• Knéchel

From German Enkel, from Old High German eniklīn.

Enkel m (plural Enkelen)

1. grandson

From Middle High German eninkel, from Old High German eninchilī, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *anō, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“ancestor”). Compare German Enkel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋkəl/, [ˈɛŋkl̩]

Enkel m (plural Enkle)

1. grandson

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