kuit
Meaning
- (feminine) calf, fleshy part of the lower leg
- (feminine) the corresponding part of a sock or stocking
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kœy̯t/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch cute (“spawn; fleshy body part, e.g. buttock, calf, back of the upper arm”). Cognate with Middle Low German kūte. Further origin unknown. Possibly related with kont (“buttocks”) or with Sanskrit गुद (guda, “entrails”).
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