kogge

Meaning

cog (clinker-built, flat-bottomed sailing cargo ship of the Middle Ages)

Hyphenated as
kog‧ge
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɔ.ɣə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch cogghe, from Proto-Germanic *kuggō (compare German Kogge (“cogboat”), Swedish kogg (“cogboat”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gugā (“hump, ball”) (compare Lithuanian gugà (“pommel, hump, hill”)), from *gēu- (“to bend, arch”).

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