Crookshanks reprised: Observations and Etymology

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 16650

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., clairey at a... wrote:
>
> > > A shank is a straight and narrow nail. [Merriam-Webster]
> > > 
> > > Crook - Shanks = Nail the crooks!
> > > 
> > > Indigo
> > > [a good hot bath and a good book do wonders for the mind!]
>> 
> 
> I had always thought that Crookshanks was his name because he 
> had "bandy legs"
> 
> crook=crooked
> shanks=legsn (shank bone)
> 
> 
> I looked into this and yes ,its an old Engish term for crooked legs
> 
> claire :)

I would not be surprised if Ms. Rowling took BOTH definitions of the 
name into consideration.

Both are, after all, equally true and applicable to Crookshanks.

Indigo