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kogge.

cog (clinker-built, flat-bottomed sailing cargo ship of the Middle Ages)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɔ.ɣə/
  1. cog (clinker-built, flat-bottomed sailing cargo ship of the Middle Ages)

    feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch cogghe, from Proto-Germanic *kuggō (compare German Kogge (“cogboat”), Swedish kogg (“cogboat”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gugā (“hump, ball”) (compare Lithuanian gugà (“pommel, hump, hill”)), from *gēu- (“to bend, arch”).

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