kidney

Betekenis (Engels)

1. An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
2. This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.
3. (dated, figuratively) Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people)
4. (obsolete, slang) A waiter.

Sinonieme

kidneys

butchery cut

liver

reins

ren

bladder

rump

type

nephridium

nephros

nephro

renal

hematite

Vertalings

rein

Niere

riñón

rene

rim

nier

ronyó

böbrek

ren

νεφρό

rognon

νεφρός

rognone

ren

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkɪdni/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: kednei

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Njuure

Verwante met Nederlands: nier

Verwante met Duits: Niere

Verwante met Deens: nyre

Verwante met Noors: nyre

Verwante met Sweeds: njure

Verwante met Old High German: nioro

In summary

From Middle English kedney, kydeney, from earlier kidnēre, kidenēre (“kidney”), of obscure origin and formation. Probably a compound consisting of Middle English *kid, *quid (“belly, womb”), from Old English cwiþ, cwiþa (“belly, womb, stomach”) + Middle English nēre (“kidney”), from Old English *nēora (“kidney”), from Proto-West Germanic *neurō, from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney”), from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰr- (“kidney”). If so, then related to dialectal English near (“kidney”), Scots nere, neir (“kidney”), Saterland Frisian Njuure (“kidney”), Dutch nier (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Danish nyre (“kidney”), Norwegian nyre (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós).
Alternate etymology traces the first element to Old English *cydde (“sack, belly, scrotum”), from Proto-Germanic *kuddijā (“sack”) as the terms for testicle and kidney were often interchangeable in Germanic (compare Old High German nioro (“kidney", also "testicle”), Old Swedish vig-niauri (“testicle”)). More at codpiece.