kuit

Meaning

  1. (feminine) calf, fleshy part of the lower leg
  2. (feminine) the corresponding part of a sock or stocking

Synonyms

kikkerrit

viskuit

kuitspier

onderbeenvlees

Frequency

27k
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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