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koon.

cheek

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/koːn/[koːn]Belgium[koʊ̯n]Netherlands

  1. cheek

    dated · feminine

  2. gill or jaw (of a fish)

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch coon, from Old Dutch *koun, from Proto-West Germanic *kaun (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kauną (“jaw, jawbone, cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with West Frisian koan (“cheek”), Old Norse kaun (“sore, abscess”).

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