tornecelo

• tornacelo, tornocelo

From Middle Galician tormezelo, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from *turmo (“bulk, swelling”) +‎ -celo, from a substrate language.^[1] Cognate with Portuguese tornozelo.

• IPA^(key): /toɾneˈθɛlʊ/, (western) /toɾneˈsɛlʊ/

tornecelo m (plural tornecelos)

1. ankle

   Synonyms: artello, nocello, noelo, nortello, toucelo

• tormelo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tormezélo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tornoselo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tornecelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tornecelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN