koon

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (dated, feminine) cheek
2. (feminine, obsolete) gill or jaw (of a fish)

Sinonieme

wang

kaak

Vertalings

Backe

Wange

mejilla

joue

cheek

bochecha

guancia

face

galta

cachete

gauta

ganascia

fesse

sass

face

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/koːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: kon

In summary

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”).