Kufe

Signification (English)

1. (feminine) runner (of a sleigh)
2. (feminine) blade (of an ice skate)
3. (feminine) skid (of an aircraft)

Concepts

cuve

patin

baignoire

🛀

baquet

Synonyms

Bottich

Wanne

Bütte

Eimer

🪣

Fass

Kessel

Trog

Zuber

Bad

🛀

Schaff

Badewanne

🛁

Étymologie (English)

Cognate with vieux norrois: kafl

Cognate with vieux norrois: kefli

Cognate with Middle Low German: kavele

Cognate with allemand: Kabel

Inherited from moyen haut-allemand: kuofe

Inherited from ancien haut allemand: kuofa

Cognate with Old Saxon: kōpa

Cognate with Middle Low German: kôpe

Cognate with moyen haut-allemand: kūfe

Cognate with ancien haut allemand: kūfa

Cognate with latin: cūpa

Cognate with moyen néerlandais: kûpe

Cognate with néerlandais: kuip

Cognate with ancien anglais: cȳpa

Cognate with anglais: kipe

In summary

From a dialectal variant, from Middle Low German kāk (“stake, rod”), Proto-Germanic *kōpǭ (“the prow of a sleigh”), ultimately related to the root of Kegel.
Compare Old Norse kafl, kafli (“an elongated, round piece of wood”), Old Norse kefli (“a roll; scroll”), Middle Low German kavele (“cut wood used for lots”), dialectal German Kabel (“loose parts; odds and ends”).