Femenino

Kieme

Significado

Conceptos

(Inglés)

gill (fish organ)

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkiːmə/

Tomado de Middle Low German

Cognado con alto alemán medio

Cognado con neerlandés

In summary

16th century, from Middle Low German kime, kimme. This is most plausibly an alteration of kiwe (“jawbone, gill”) after unrelated kimme (“slit, groove”), whence also German Kimme. The former pertains to kauen (“to chew”) and is cognate with Middle High German kiwe (“jawbone, gill”), Dutch kieuw (“gill”).