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kuit.

calf, fleshy part of the lower leg

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/kœy̯t/
  1. calf, fleshy part of the lower leg

    feminine
  2. the corresponding part of a sock or stocking

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch cute (“spawn; fleshy body part, e.g. buttock, calf, back of the upper arm”). Further origin unknown. Possibly related with kont (“buttocks”) or with Sanskrit गुद (guda, “entrails”); according to Pokorny, all are derived Proto-Indo-European *gēu- (“to arch bend”), see also German Kugel. Cognate with Middle Low German kūte.

noun/kœy̯t/
  1. spawn, roe (fish eggs)

    feminine · neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch cute (“spawn; fleshy body part, e.g. buttock, calf, back of the upper arm”). Further origin unknown. Possibly related with kont (“buttocks”) or with Sanskrit गुद (guda, “entrails”); according to Pokorny, all are derived Proto-Indo-European *gēu- (“to arch bend”), see also German Kugel. Cognate with Middle Low German kūte.

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