kodde

1. (feminine) club (weapon)
2. (broadly, feminine) penis
3. (feminine) tail, esp. of a dog, cat or pig
4. (broadly, feminine) tail of a kite
5. (broadly, feminine) arse
6. (broadly, feminine) cattail, bulrush
7. (feminine, obsolete) joke

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: codde

Cognate with Classical Armenian: կոր

Cognate with Lithuanian: gurnas

Cognate with Norwegian: kaure

Cognate with English: cod

Cognate with Danish: kodde

Cognate with Swedish: kudde

Cognate with Faroese: koddi

Cognate with Icelandic: koddi

In summary

From Middle Dutch codde (“testicle, club”), from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *geu (“to curve, to bend”); same source as Old Armenian կոր (kor), Lithuanian gurnas (“ankle, hip, bone”), and Norwegian kaure (“curly lock of hair”). Cognate to Low German Koden (“belly, paunch”), English cod, Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).

Concepts

cattail

Synonyms

lisdodde

Translations

Rohrkolben

massette

quenouille

pałka

tifa

espadaña