leg: [13] Shank was the word used in Old English for ‘leg’. Not until the late 13th was leg acquired, from Old Norse leggr. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *lagjaz, which may ultimately come from a source that meant ‘bend’. No other Germanic language any longer uses it for ‘leg’, but Swedish and Danish retain l?gg and l?g respectively for ‘calf’.
leg (n.)
late 13c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse leggr "leg, bone of the arm or leg," from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz, with no certain ulterior connections, perhaps from a PIE root meaning "to bend" [Buck]. Compare German Bein "leg," in Old High German "bone, leg." Replaced Old English shank. Of furniture supports from 1670s. The meaning "a part or stage of a journey or race" (1920) is from earlier sailing sense of "a run made on a single tack" (1867), which was usually qualified as long leg, short leg, etc. Slang phrase shake a leg "dance" is attested from 1881. To be on (one's) last legs "at the end of one's life" is from 1590s.
leg (v.)
"to use the legs; walk or run," c. 1500 (from the beginning usually with it); from leg (n.).
例文
1. He had to have one leg amputated above the knee.
彼の足は膝の上から切断せざるを得なかった。
2.He heaved his crippled leg into an easier position.
彼は自分の足をより快適な位置に持ち上げた。
3.First he kicked the left leg ，then he kicked the right.
彼はまず左足を蹴って、それから右足を蹴った。
4.The bullet lodged in the sergeant 's leg ，shatering his thigh bone.
弾が軍曹の足にはまり、大腿骨を砕く。
5.Is there an alternative to traction for a broken leg ？