Old English · noun
canc
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- IPA
- /kɑnk/[kɑŋk]
- Syllables
- kɑnk (1 syllable)
Meaning
jeering; scorn; derision
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).
Descendants
cank
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