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2026-04-14 10:04 UTC
๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐ถ๐น๐น๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐
The English word "ankle" comes from Proto-Indo-European *hโeng-ul- [aลgสl], the stem *hโeng- meaning perhaps "joint". Listen:
๐ https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/ankle-from-PIE-h2eng.wav
In Persian *hโeng- developed into ุงฺูฏุดุช angusht, "digit" i.e. finger or toe:
๐ https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2eng-to-Persian-angusht.wav
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