Feminine
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Kufe

Meaning

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

Etymology

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”).

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